The Forest of Dean Coalfield, underlying the Forest of Dean, in west Gloucestershire, is one of the smaller coalfields in the British Isles, although intensive mining during the 19th and 20th centuries has had enormous influence on the landscape, history, culture, and economy of the area.
The 'Freeminer Brass' - a symbol of the freeminers' authority above the Crown
The Roll of Honour sculpture at New Fancy, commemorating miners who were killed or injured in the mines and quarries of the Forest of Dean
Foxes Bridge Colliery, ca. 1900
Lightmoor Colliery's engine house
The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.
The view north towards Ross-on-Wye from Symonds Yat Rock, a popular tourist destination near the Forest
St Briavels Castle
Speech House
Robert Forester Mushet (1811–1891), steel industry pioneer