Many thanks to the team from Ordnance Survey again!
If you take the district of the Forest of Dean and apply their computer calculations you will discovered the geographical heart of the Forest.
Many people think the Speech House or Parkend represent the true centre of the Dean but the official "middle bit" is somewhere between Blaize Bailey and Blaize Bailey farm.
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Comment number 1.
At 25th Nov 2010, ObscuraSky wrote:No one thinks the Speech House or Parkend represent the true centre of the Forest of Dean 'district'. Those places are considered to be possible centres of the Forest of Dean proper - the geographical, historical and cultural region which doesn't include towns such as Lydney.
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