Type: | Village |
Official Name: | Littledean |
Coordinates: | 51.8147°N -2.4772°W |
Static Image Name: | Littledean Church - geograph.org.uk - 132552.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Ethelbert’s Church, Littledean |
Civil Parish: | Littledean |
Shire District: | Forest of Dean |
Shire County: | Gloucestershire |
Region: | South West England |
Country: | England |
Constituency Westminster: | Forest of Dean |
Population: | 1,296 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Post Town: | CINDERFORD |
Postcode Area: | GL |
Postcode District: | GL14 |
Os Grid Reference: | SO672130 |
Littledean is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England. The village has a long history and formerly had the status of a town. Littledean Hall was originally a Saxon hall, although it has been rebuilt and the current house dates back to 1612. The remains of a Roman temple are situated in the grounds. Neither the hall or Roman remains are open to the public.
Collectively, the villages and the surrounding wood (Forest of Dean) were mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Dene, and appear as Dena in 1130.
The village falls in the Littledean and Ruspidge electoral ward. This ward has Littledean in the north plus Ruspidge and Soudley civil parish in the south. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 3,768.[2]