Dean Heritage Centre
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The Dean Heritage Centre is located in Soudley, Gloucestershire, England in the Forest of Dean and records the social and industrial history of the area and its people. The centre comprises a museum, beam engine, waterwheel, forester's cottage, craft workshops, art and craft exhibitions, nature trails, adventure play area, picnic tables, barbecue hearths, pigs, shops and a restaurant called The Heritage Kitchen which provides home made snacks and full meals.
The museum consists of five galleries telling the history of the Forest of Dean through displays of a wide variety of artefacts from industries such as coal and iron mining, timber, stone working and clock making that have been supported by the forest throughout its history.
The Dean Heritage Museum Trust is a registered charity formed in 1979 in response to concern that the heritage of the Forest of Dean was disappearing. The trust bought a scrap yard called Camp Mill and opened a museum there in 1983. The museum underwent major refurbishment completed in 2003.
