Coleford, Gloucestershire

Coleford
Coleford Market Place
Coleford Railway Museum
Coleford is located in Gloucestershire
Coleford
Coleford
Location within Gloucestershire
Population9,273 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSO5710
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOLEFORD
Postcode districtGL16
Dialling code01594
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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UK
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51°47′28″N 2°36′58″W / 51.7910°N 2.6162°W / 51.7910; -2.6162

Coleford is a market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, two miles (3 km) east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean district. The combined population of the town's two electoral wards at the 2011 census was 8,359.[2] The population of the town's parish was 9,273 in the 2021 Census.[1] The parish includes the village of Baker's Hill.

  1. ^ a b "Coleford". City population. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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