Mile End is a small village in the English county of Gloucestershire. It belongs to the civil parish of Coleford, which is also its post town. Mile End is 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Coleford. The village lies at the western edge of the Forest of Dean. The village merges with the village of Broadwell to the south.

Mile End
Mile End and the Royal Forest Inn
Mile End Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SO587118
Civil parish	Coleford
District	Forest of Dean
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Ceremonial county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Coleford
Postcode district	GL16
Dialling code	01594
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51.8033°N 2.5999°W / 51.8033; -2.5999

History

Mile End is situated on the road leading northeast out of Coleford. The road between Mile End and Poolgreen was known in 1317 as the Derkesty (later Dark Stile).[1] It was an important route from Mitcheldean, and in the later 17th century traffic between Gloucester and South Wales used this route.[1]

Five cottages were built on Crown land on the Five Acres road at Mile End in 1787.[2] The inn originally known as the Royal Forester opened by the mid 1870s.[3] The Primitive Methodists built a chapel, Mount Hermon, at Mile End in 1904.[4] West Dean district council created a cemetery at Mile End for an area covering Milkwall, Berry Hill, and Lydbrook in 1967.[5]

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External links

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