Talk:Forest of Dean

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[edit] Pretty?

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
Cinderford, most people would admit, not a pretty town. I understand it did win the accolade of 'Englands ugliest town' at some point.

[edit] Wales

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.

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.

[edit] In-universe trivia

I've removed two instances of the Forest being represented in fiction. Whilst such representations may occasionally achieve fame on a par with, for instance, the Yorkshire Moors' association with Wuthering Heights, it probably isn't a good idea to get into the habit of adding such references. --Tony Sidaway 02:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Something tells me that Harry Potter will draw far more attention than some random film or advert, so I would question your selection. RobbieG 19:18, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Less savoury reputation

Shouldn't mention be made of the way that much of Gloucestershire has quite a suspicious attitude towards the Forest? RobbieG 19:19, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

That is rather anecdotal and I would not have thought it worthy of an entry. Perhaps the anecdotal mention of heroin usage should be put down to the same thing, a suspicious attitude? - therefore shouldn't it be referenced or removed???—Preceding unsigned comment added by Andham2000 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 11 June 2008