Coleford
Built-up area in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.792, -2.617 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 57 10 |
| Population: | 10,371 |
| Dialling code: | 01600 (Monmouth) |
Coleford is a small market town on the eastern edge of the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England. Set among steep, wooded ridges it grew up as a local centre for mining, ironworking and timber, and remnants of that industrial past - tight rows of Victorian buildings and former industrial sites - still shape the town’s character.
Today Coleford serves as a practical gateway to the forest, popular for walking, cycling and outdoor pursuits, and supports a mixture of independent shops, cafés, light industry and tourism. Local life is marked by a strong community vibe and a distinctive regional identity inherited from the Forest’s long history of freeminers and woodcraft.
Postcode districts covering Coleford
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 23 miles
- Newport 20.6 miles
- Gloucester 17.2 miles
- Cheltenham 23.9 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23 miles
- Hereford 18.7 miles
- Stroud 17.1 miles
- Cwmbran Central 20.3 miles
- Cwmbrân 20.3 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 20.2 miles
- Pontypool 19.1 miles
- Yate 19.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Broadwell and Coalway Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Newland & Sling Ward 0.8 miles
- Milkwall Built-up area 1 mile
- Newland Parish 1.5 miles
- Clearwell Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Berry Hill Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Staunton Coleford Parish 1.6 miles
- Sling Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Lower Redbrook Built-up area 2.3 miles
- English Bicknor Parish 2.5 miles
- West Dean Parish 2.6 miles
- Bream Built-up area 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Coleford
GL16 8HF, GL16 8DE, GL16 8AU, GL16 9TF, GL16 8DP, GL16 8EH, GL16 9TD, GL16 8BS, GL16 9SQ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 28.6 miles
- Cardiff Airport 41.4 miles
- Parkend Railway Station 3.1 miles
- Norchard Railway Station 5.1 miles
Hotels in Coleford Ad
Local points of interest
- Forest of Dean Forest 2.9 miles
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 4.8 miles
- Old Park wood Forest 5.5 miles
- Ninewells Wood Forest 6 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 7.7 miles
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 7.8 miles
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 9.9 miles
- Harewood Estate 11.3 miles
- Hoar Wood Forest 14.9 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 15.7 miles
- Rotherwas Estate 16.9 miles
- Dore (Abbey : Herefordshire, England) Historic site 17 miles