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Gloucester Docks, Gloucester & Sharpness Canal added to Rivers and Canals in South West by clinkadink on 21/11/2022

Parking: 51.864407, -2.251596
TOAL: 51.864046, -2.252143

Be aware that Gloucester Prison is 150m to the north. The North Warehouse separates the prison and docks. The photo was taken pointing south-south-west.

Gloucester Docks form the most inland port in the country. Elizabeth I granted Gloucester the status of customs port in 1580. The first customs house was at the Old Quay which stretches north from the lock at the North Quay. The house still stands and still wears the royal coat of arms.

Tolls were collect for many years before 1580. The ‘Old Quay’ was in its day a new quay! The river Severn split into three sections at Gloucester and re-joined further up river. The split in the river was the reason why the Romans built a fort here – it was the most southerly crossing point into Wales.

The most easterly arm of the river came much closer to the city lapping St Mary de Crypt – actually it was the other way around; the church was sited close to what was the river. This was the site of the Roman Quay. The bridge that crossed the river here (Westgate St) was ‘Foreign Bridge’, at the end of Westgate was ‘Westgate Bridge’ crossing the middle arm. The western arm was crossed at ‘Over Bridge’

The eastern arm silted up in the C14th hence the need for a second Quay. River traffic increased in the C18th. The development of the Main Basin and ship canal saw the decline of the second quay after which it became known as the Old Quay.

In 1793 Parliament gave the go ahead to build a ship canal to negate the difficult to negotiate tidal section of the river.

By 1797 the Main Basin had been dug, the canal took another twenty years the last years being influenced by Thomas Telford.

The hole – 16’ deep was dug by hand.

The Barge Arm, an extension of the basin was added (1824) before the canal was linked up (1827), to allow smaller barges to keep out of the way of ships.

In 1849 the Victoria Basin was opened as the port became busier. Warehouses continued to be built until the 1870’s.

Corn from Ireland and Europe, sugar from the Caribbean, timber from Scandinavia were main imports, salt from Worcestershire exported.

Imagine 30 tall ships, barges and other small craft manoeuvring around the docks. Warehouses being filled ships loaded, trams steam engines horses vying for space among the barrel and boxes piled high, imagine the dust from Corn Mills and timber yards the smoke and soot from fires and engines mixing with the sweet talk of labourers and seamen. Welcome to C19th Gloucester.

During the C19th Gloucester flourished through the canal and railway Ages and continued until the rise of motorways and container ships in the 1960’s

https://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/studies/historydocks.htm

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Co-ordinates: 51.86395, -2.252449 • what3words: ///spice.tinsel.healers

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 20/11/2022. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.

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Stoney Littleton Long Barrow, Bath and North East Somerset (By gasbag43)

Stoney Littleton Long Barrow is one of the country’s finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb. Dating from about 3500 BC, it is 30 metres long and has multiple burial chambers open to view.

The barrow is also known as the Bath Tumulus and the Wellow Tumulus and is located near the village of Wellow in Somerset. It is an example of the Cotswold-Severn Group and was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1882.

Excavations in the early 19th century uncovered bones from several individuals. The stone structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in length and contains a 12.8-metre (42 ft) long gallery with three pairs of side chambers and an end chamber.

The central passage and entrance are roughly aligned towards the midwinter sunrise.

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Co-ordinates: 51.31329, -2.381826 • what3words: ///amends.safety.upward

Great Pulteney Street, Bath and North East Somerset (By ColinPeachey)

At over 1,000 feet long and 100 feet wide, Great Pulteney Street is the widest, grandest thoroughfare in Bath, flanked on either side by beautiful Georgian properties.

One of the longest streets, it is also home to the shortest street in the city. A side street just off Great Pulteney Street, Sunderland Street, has only one address!

This beautiful street, completed in 1789, was commissioned by Sir William Pulteney and designed by Georgian architect Thomas Baldwin.

At one end you will find Laura Place, with its pretty fountain at the centre. At the other end stands the magnificent Holburne Museum, the city's first public art gallery, and Sydney Gardens, the only remaining eighteenth-century pleasure gardens in the country.

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Co-ordinates: 51.38533, -2.351677 • what3words: ///sound.draw.flank

Bayard's Cove Fort (By Grazuncle)

This Tudor fort, built by the borough of Dartmouth between 1522 and 1536, contained heavy guns to protect the prosperous harbour town from attack.

It was the last line of defence against enemy ships that had eluded Dartmouth and Kingswear castles and the iron chain stretched across the Dart estuary between them.

Occupying a terrace cut from the rocky river bank, Bayard’s Cove Fort is picturesquely sited at the entrance to Dartmouth harbour.

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Co-ordinates: 50.34802, -3.577593 • what3words: ///over.degrading.proudest

Charston Rock , Monmouthshire (By gasbag43)

Charston rocks is a mini lighthouse protecting shipping from the rocks it sits upon and the large sandbank upstream of it (Charston Sands).

Great views of the Severn Prince of Wales Bridge and Estuary.

Due to its location and its position in relation to the bridge, this has great potential as a sunset location

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Co-ordinates: 51.5892, -2.694547 • what3words: ///ranges.keyboards.song

St Pauls Cray, Bromley (By grandad1950)

Lots of old gravel pits in the area although some are SSSI. Parking is quite restricted.

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Co-ordinates: 51.40144, 0.114997 • what3words: ///closes.gears.cards

Drakestone Point, Stroud (By gasbag43)

Drakestone Point is part of Stinchcombe Hill, a ridge overlooking the Severn Vale and the Cotswold escarpment.

It's a popular spot for walkers, with the Cotswold Way passing through, and there are various paths leading up from Dursley and from a car park near the golf course (that's where I parked and then walked in)

The point itself is a triangular area of grassland, with an oak tree and a memorial bench at the tip, offering stunning views.

There's some evidence of earthworks at the site, possibly indicating an Iron Age beacon or a signaling post. It has also been suggested, though not definitively proven, that it might have been a castle site in the past.

The main draw of Drakestone Point is the extensive views it offers over the Severn Vale, towards the Forest of Dean and the Welsh hills. Its summit reaches a height of 220m, add on 120 metres of drone altitude and the view from above of the valley below is the main attraction of this recommended location.

Parking was by the golf club house, TOAL from the public footpath approaching the viewpoint (The Cotswold Way)

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Co-ordinates: 51.67985, -2.382274 • what3words: ///chum.best.fittingly

Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed (By Heading270)

Shielfield Park is home to Berwick Rangers FC of the Scottish Lowland League, and also Berwick Bandits Speedway team.

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Co-ordinates: 55.76004, -2.015476 • what3words: ///atom.organ.linen

The Royal Border Crossing, Berwick-upon-Tweed (By Heading270)

The Royal Border Crossing is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed in Berwick.

Designed by George Stephenson, son of railway pioneer Robert, it boasts 28 arches and has been carrying rail traffic 37m above the water for 175 years since Queen Victoria opened it in 1850.

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Co-ordinates: 55.77369, -2.013288 • what3words: ///bumps.chin.beans

Hill-Dickinson Stadium (Everton FC), Liverpool (By Heading270)

Not yet complete, but they’re now adding the finishing touches to Everton’s new stadium on the site of the old Bramley Moore dock.

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Co-ordinates: 53.42419, -3.002872 • what3words: ///influencing.reduce.clips

Church House Gardens, Bromley (By grandad1950)

In the centre of Bromley with good views across the town. Tricky to fly due to the hilly nature of the gardens and dense tree cover

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Co-ordinates: 51.40377, 0.012462 • what3words: ///lonely.chief.fields


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