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Coleford
Coleford is a tiny market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) eastern of the Welsh border as well as near to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean area. The combined population of both electoral wards in Coleford at the 2011 census was 8,359. Coleford adapted much more ably to the mine closures of the 1950s than its neighbour Cinderford. Today its prime area in the heart of the Forest makes it prominent with pedestrians and cyclists, as well as the neighborhood council has made moves to motivate further travelers. The big factory in the community, originally called Carters, then Beechams, after that GlaxoSmithKline, is now owned by the Japanese firm Suntory. It is the sole production facility for Ribena and Lucozade. One old building that has endured is the former goods shed for the inoperative railway line to Monmouth; it is currently the Coleford GWR Museum. SPP Pumps Ltd, Britain's leading pump manufacturer additionally has their major UK producing site at Coleford which has more than 300 individuals on site. The factory mostly deals with the Industrial and also overseas firefighting oil and gas markets as well as the UK metropolitan water market.