Forest of Dean District Council as a merger of the East Dean Rural District, Lydney Rural District, Newent Rural District and West Dean Rural District, and from Gloucester Rural District the parishes of Newnham and Westbury-on-Severn. Forest of Dean District Council carries out a variety of district council functions including: Forest of Dean District Council Forest of Dean District Council is the local authority for Forest of Dean District. Forest of Dean District is located in West Gloucestershire in the South West of England region. Its council is based in Coleford. Other towns in the district include Cinderford, Newent and Tidenham. Forest of Dean District
Beast of Dean Phantom cats were sighted in the Forest of Dean. The identity of these "Black Panthers" was thrown into further confusion in 2002 when a large Wild Boar with black fur was killed in a collision along the A40 near the town of Over. In the science-fiction television series "Primeval", the Beast of Dean turns out to be a gorgonopsid that arrived in the present day through a wormhole leading to the Permian period. Beast of Dean The Beast of Dean is an animal said to live, or to have once lived, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It was