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Forest of Dean

Forest of Dean is a local government district in west , England, named after the . Its council is based in . Other towns and villages in the district include , , , , , , , , , , Newnham and .
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  • Type: Locality with 85,400 residents
  • Description: local government district in Gloucestershire, England
  • Also known as: “Forest of Dean District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dean Heritage Centre and Cathedral.

Museum
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is located in the valley of Soudley, , in the and exists to record and preserve the social and industrial history of the area and its people. is situated 2 miles east of Forest of Dean.

Work of art
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is a work of art.

Memorial
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest of Dean and Cinderford.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of , England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the to the west and northwest, to the north, the to the south, and the to the east.

Town
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is a town and civil parish on the eastern fringe of the in , England. The population was 8,777 at the 2021 Census. is situated 2 miles northeast of Forest of Dean.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of and Soudley, in the Forest of Dean district of west , England. The civil parish includes Soudley It is located near the town of and in the .

Forest of Dean

Latitude
51.8048° or 51° 48′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.5365° or 2° 32′ 11″ west
Population
85,400
Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)
Open location code
9C3VRF37+WC
Geo­Names ID
7290550
Wiki­data ID
Q902998
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Forest of Dean” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Форест оф Дийн (община)”
  • Bulgarian: “Форест оф Дийн”
  • Cebuano: “Forest of Dean District”
  • Chinese: “Forest of Dean”
  • Dutch: “Forest of Dean”
  • French: “District de Forest of Dean”
  • French: “Forest of Dean”
  • German: “Forest of Dean District”
  • German: “Forest of Dean”
  • Hungarian: “Deani erdő (kerület)”
  • Hungarian: “Deani erdő”
  • Irish: “Forest of Dean”
  • Italian: “Forest of Dean”
  • Japanese: “フォレスト・オヴ・ディーン”
  • Japanese: “フォレスト・オブ・ディーン”
  • Korean: “포리스트오브딘구”
  • Latvian: “Forestofdīna”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Forest of Dean (koān)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Forest of Dean (distrikt)”
  • Norwegian: “Forest of Dean”
  • Polish: “Forest of Dean (dystrykt)”
  • Polish: “Forest of Dean”
  • Portuguese: “Forest of Dean”
  • Romanian: “Forest of dean”
  • Romanian: “Forest of Dean”
  • Russian: “Форест-оф-Дин”
  • Swedish: “Forest of Dean District”
  • Turkish: “Dean Ormanı”
  • Urdu: “فارسٹ آف ڈین ضلع”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Fforest y Ddena”
  • “Forest of Dean”

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