Talk:Forest of Dean
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The main town and administrative centre for the forest is Cinderford, but the smaller but prettier town of Coleford is a busy centre, too. Is "prettier" NPOV? I don't know either of the towns, but might the local residents and organisations disagree that Coleford is prettier? Thryduulf 13:32, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I agree--deleting just the "but prettier" bit. Eweisser 17:36, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
Yeah Coleford is a lot prettier but thats not the point! pazzer
Is it all in England? There's a bit that's very close to Monmouth that I always thought was in Monmouthshire. It could just be woodland connected to the Forest though.
Cinderford, most people would admit, not a pretty town. I understand it did win the accolade of 'Englands ugliest town' at some point.
I believe that the only possible place where the Forest may not be in England is near Chepstow- as a result of administrative reorganisations. The Forest, though, is 'twixt Severn and Wye- Falling between the 2 natural boundaries of England and Wales- a place apart!
Too right its a place apart! To clarify the england/wales issue, The river wye forms the welsh border from the river severn near chepstow north until redbrook here the border heads inland heading 4 miles north north east to cut across a loop of the wye. This leaves an area of the east bank of the wye within monmouthshire and therefore wales. This area of land contains part of a large wooded area lying just to the west of the main part of the forest of dean. geographically this is essentially part of the forest therefore some of the forest lies within wales however this is not part of the legal forest of dean.
