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.

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.

[2] 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.