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Ruardean
Human settlement in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruardean is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, to the North West of Cinderford. It is situated on a hillside with views west towards the mountains of South Wales. Little now remains of the village's industrial history, but once it was a centre for iron-ore smelting furnaces, forges and coal mines. The Norman castle, now little more than a mound, commanded the shortest route from Gloucester Castle to the Welsh Marches and the Wye Valley.
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Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 1,399 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SO621175 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Ruardean |
Postcode district | GL17 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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