Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway extraction industry in the Forest of Dean. The Monmouth and Hereford Railway was incorporated in 1845, but limited in scope by Parliament, and the powers were not exercised. However, in 1851 the "Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway" received its authorising Act of Parliament, and it opened a line on a similar alignment from Hereford to Grange Court on 1 June 1855. The GWR itself built the connecting section from Grange Court to Gloucester, and the South Wales Railway opened its line progressively from Grange Court to Chepstow. The South Wales Railway took over the "Forest of Dean Railway", successor to
Bradon Forest School Bradon Forest School Bradon Forest School is a mixed secondary school in Purton (near Swindon) in the English county of Wiltshire. In September 2015 the school converted to academy status and is now part of the Athelstan Academy Trust, which also includes Malmesbury School in Malmesbury and The Dean Academy in Lydney. The headteacher of Bradon Forest School is Julie Dickson. The school was established in 1962 as Bradon Forest Secondary School, initially with accommodation for 390 pupils. By 2016 there were 856 enrolled. Actress Billie Piper once attended the school, as did footballers Matthew Mills and former Swindon Town