Forest of Dean areas but the focus has been to capitalise on the scenery and to create jobs from tourist attractions and the leisure sector. Significant numbers of residents work outside the area, commuting to Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bristol, Newport and Cardiff. For hundreds of years, mining in the Forest of Dean Coalfield has been regulated through a system of freemining. This, and other forms of self-governance, coupled with the Forest's geographic isolation between the rivers Severn and Wye, has given rise to a strong sense of cultural identity in those from the area, who are collectively known as 'Foresters'. The ancient rights were
Dean Forest Act 1861 Act 1971. This section is amended by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Dean Forest and New Forest Acts (Amendment) Regulations 1979 (SI 1979/836). Dean Forest Act 1861 The Dean Forest Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 40) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a public general Act. It was omitted from the third revised edition of the statutes because of its local and personal nature. This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. The preamble and sections 2 and 5 and 6 and 17 and