 West Dean is the largest civil parish in the Forest of Dean district, both in respect of its population and its geographical size.At the 2001 census there were 10,305 people living in West Dean Parish, more than in any of the Forest towns.The size of the Parish is a considerable 4686 hectares and stretches from Berry Hill and Christchurch in the north to Bream in the south and from Sling in the west to Viney Hill in the east.