Great Western Railway Museum at Coleford ,22nd June 2019
Miniature Railways of Great Britain The Great Western Railway Museum and Miniature Railway,Colefor
Thank you to Mike Rees and his son for opening the museum and giving Rosie and I a ride around the railway.
What an amazing collection of railway items on show I could have stayed a lot longer looking through the collection,if it wasn't for the enthusiasm of guys like Mike all the items would have been lost many years ago.Hi collection tells the story of the local railways around Coleford.I would have loved to have taken the Black 5 or the 14xx home with me
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GWR Coleford Museum (27.10.16 )
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Places to see in ( Coleford - UK )
Places to see in ( Coleford - UK )
Coleford is a small market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, two miles east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean district.
Coleford was originally a tithing in the north-east corner of Newland parish. The settlement grew up (as its name suggests) at a ford through which charcoal and iron ore were probably carried. By the mid 14th century hamlets called Coleford and Whitecliff had grown up along the road in the valley of Thurstan's brook. Coleford had eight or more houses in 1349 and was described as a street in 1364. It had a chapel by 1489. In 1642 the commander of a parliamentary garrison in Coleford started a market in the town because the nearest chartered market, in Monmouth, was under royalist control.
Coleford saw some action during the English Civil War. On 20 February 1643, Lord Herbert, the Earl of Worcester's eldest son, and the King's Lieutenant-General of South Wales, marched through Coleford heading for Gloucester, at the head of an army of 500 horse and 1500 foot. At Coleford their progress was impeded by a troop of Parliamentarians under Colonel Berrowe, aided by a disorderly group of country people. A skirmish ensued, during which the market-house was burnt, and Major-General Lawday, who commanded the foot, with two other officers, were shot dead from a window.
A tramroad opened in 1812 to link mines in the Forest with the River Wye at Redbrook and Monmouth and ran through Coleford. The Monmouth tramroad continued in use until its track east of Coleford was lifted in the late 1870s. The first railway to reach Coleford, a branch line from Parkend opened by the Severn and Wye Railway Company in 1875, ran through Milkwall to a station on the south-east side of the town. A second railway from Monmouth, the Coleford Railway, using parts of the old tramroad route, was completed in 1883. It included a short tunnel at Whitecliff and it crossed the Newland road to run to a station next to that of the Severn & Wye Co
Coleford was more able to adapt to the mine closures of the 1950s than its neighbour Cinderford. Today, due to its prime location in the heart of the Forest, it is popular with walkers and cyclists, and the local council has been striving to encourage further tourist interest. There is a large factory here, originally called Carters, then Beechams, then GlaxoSmithKline, and it is now owned by the Japanese firm Suntory. It is the sole production facility for Ribena and Lucozade. One old building that has survived is the former goods shed for the defunct railway line to Monmouth; it is now the Coleford GWR Museum.
( Coleford - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Coleford . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Coleford - UK
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Coleford in 60 Seconds
The town of Coleford is in the heart of the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire. This short firm is intended to capture some of the features and views within the town in 1 minute,
31190 dep. Coleford Junction 08/01/2011
31190 blasts away from Coleford Junction towards Okehampton on the Dartmoor Railway hauling 2 Mk2s, a courier van and 31454. Turn up the volume!
Welcome to Coleford, Forest of Dean
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Coleford Railway model at Swindon Steam museum
Video taken of Coleford railway layout running at Swindon Steam museum
Town Centre, Coleford, Forest of Dean
Video of Coleford Town Centre
STEAM ENGINE 182 AT COLEFORD STATION 210414
Steam engine 128 at Colefords old station in Forest of Dean
GWR 182 AT COLEFORD STATION 060415
1937 built GWR Peckett no.182
Coleford Carnival of Transport
Shows some of the cars on display and Ford Zodiac leaving.
FVVMC 7th Speech House Steam and Vintage Show 2018 (09092018)
It's that time of the year where we go to the Speech House Steam and Vintage Show. This is the 7th year and was held at the Speech House by the Forest Vintage Vehicle and Machinery Club between Cinderford and Coleford in Gloucestershire. There was steam traction engines, cars, trucks and other weird and wonderful stuff at the show.
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Railway museum at Penrhyn Castle
Interesting little museum with some good examples of engines used in the slate quarries locally.
EDDIE STOBARTS IN COLEFORD,GLOS 220419
Eddie Stobart lorries in the town of Coleford in Gloucestershire
COLEFORD CARNIVAL OF TRANSPORT PARK AND RIDE COACHES 220419
Belfitts coaches providing a Park And Ride Service for Coleford Transport of Festival in Gloucestershire
Branch Lines Of Gloucestershire
The Beeching cuts prompted a massive reshaping of Britain's railway network in the 1960s, when almost a third of the country's track was closed. Most of the victims were minor routes which linked rural locations; they were axed as they were simply deemed uneconomic. But they remain fondly remembered today and this film is intended as the first in a series which will celebrate the branch lines of England, in association with railway author and historian Colin Maggs MBE.
You will see a wide range of routes, from those initially worked by horses to one which boasted the longest railway bridge in England. These lines provided vital services for the industrial heartland of Bristol, and key places such as Gloucester Docks and Lydney harbour. They also reached out to towns and villages in the Cotswolds, the Forest of Dean and many other parts of the county.
The story is illustrated by extensive use of rare archive photographs, and is enhanced by informed commentary from Colin Maggs, who has seen so many changes in the county's railway network during a lifelong interest in the subject. You will also enjoy stunning modern film, excerpts of archive footage and visits to two of the county's preserved lines - the Dean Heritage Railway and Avon Valley Railway -- and the GWR Museum at Coleford. There are also fascinating interviews with former railwaymen and those who recall how important such branch lines were to rural areas.
Numerous locations are visited, including Avonside Wharf, Severn Beach, Mangotsfield, Westerleigh, Yate, Thornbury, Berkeley Road, Coaley, Dursley, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, Kemble, Tetbury, Lydney, Cinderford and Chepstow.