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Here you have just crossed Westgate Bridge, between the dual carriageway of the... (more)

Tags: A417 Ledbury - Gloucester Road   place:Alney Island   place:Chepstow   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   area:Gloucestershire   Gloucestershire Way   Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust   place:Lower Parting   top:Lowlands   place:Maisemore   top:Paths   River Severn   area:Severn Vale   subject:Signpost   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   place:Tewkesbury   place:The Wharf House   Westgate Bridge  

Gloucester was given port status by Elizabeth I in 1580 and the Docks were... (more)

Tags: place:Bristol   top:Business, Retail, Services   top:City, Town Centre   subject:Dock   top:Docks, Harbours   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester-Sharpness Canal   place:Gloucestershire   Inland Port   top:Lowlands   Midlands   Midlands Towns   Port Status   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Shipping   top:Sport, Leisure   place:Victoria Dock  

Gloucester was given port status by Elizabeth I in 1580 and the Docks were... (more)

Tags: place:Bristol   top:Business, Retail, Services   top:City, Town Centre   subject:Dock   top:Docks, Harbours   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester-Sharpness Canal   place:Gloucestershire   Inland Port   top:Lowlands   Midlands   Midlands Towns   Port Status   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Shipping   top:Sport, Leisure   place:Victoria Dock  

Gloucester was given port status by Elizabeth I in 1580 and the Docks were... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, Barrier   place:Bristol   top:Business, Retail, Services   top:City, Town Centre   subject:Dock   top:Docks, Harbours   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester-Sharpness Canal   place:Gloucestershire   Inland Port   top:Lowlands   Midlands   Midlands Towns   Port Status   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Shipping   place:Victoria Dock  

Here on the right bank of the River Severn, on the other side of the river from... (more)

Tags: A417 Ledbury - Gloucester Road   place:Alney Terrace   top:Flat Landscapes   Flood Risk Area   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   Gloucestershire   top:Housing, Dwellings   Nottingham - Cardiff Railway Line   River Severn   top:Roads, Road Transport   place:Showmans Winter Quarters   subject:Street   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   Telfords Over Bridge   place:Westend Parade   place:Westend Terrace  

Looking across Castlemeads to the city on the other bank of the Severn. On the... (more)

Tags: Feb 2002 Flooding   subject:Flood   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Antiques Centre   place:Gloucester Docks   place:Gloucester Prison   place:Gloucestershire   top:Grassland   top:Lowlands   top:Paths   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

The Gloucester - Sharpness Canal was authorised in 1793 by Act of Parliament and... (more)

Tags: place:Bristol   top:Business, Retail, Services   subject:Canal   top:Canals   top:City, Town Centre   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester-Sharpness Canal   place:Gloucestershire   Inland Port   top:Lowlands   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Shipping   top:Sport, Leisure  

Jailhouse Tours are based in Shrewsbury in Shropshire and organise tours and... (more)

Tags: City and Country   top:City, Town Centre   type:Close Look   top:Construction, Development   top:Derelict, Disused   English Heritage Tour   top:Flat Landscapes   Former Prison   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Prison   Gloucestershire   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Jailhouse Tours   subject:Prison   Redevelopment   Residential Use   place:Shepton Mallet   place:Shrewsbury  

Looking over a flooded riverside meadow to Gloucester Cathedral, the Shire Hall... (more)

Tags: Feb 2002 Flooding   subject:Flood   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Cathedral   place:Gloucester Prison   place:Gloucestershire   place:Gloucestershire Police HQ   place:Gloucestershire Shire Hall   top:Grassland   top:Lowlands   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

These are the tracks of the former Gloucester Docks Railway, the link between... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester Docks Railway   area:Gloucestershire   top:Grassland   top:Lowlands   place:Over   subject:Railway   top:Railways   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

These are the tracks of the former Gloucester Docks Railway, the link between... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester Docks Railway   area:Gloucestershire   top:Grassland   top:Lowlands   place:Over   subject:Railway   top:Railways   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

A view from Barrack Square, looking southwards along The Quay, the A4301,... (more)

Tags: A4301   place:Barrack Square   top:City, Town Centre   top:Flat Landscapes   Former Prison   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   place:Gloucester Prison   Gloucestershire   subject:Road   top:Roads, Road Transport   place:The Quay  

The Lord High Constable of England public house and the National Waterways... (more)

Tags: Converted Warehouses   Docks   top:Docks, Harbours   top:Educational Sites   country:England   Former Warehouse   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   Gloucester Docks   place:Gloucester Docks   county:Gloucestershire   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Museum   Pub   Pub and Restaurant   Public House  

These fake fibreglass cannon at Gloucester Docks were used in the 1985 movie... (more)

Tags: Cannon   Docks   top:Docks, Harbours   country:England   Film Prop   Film Set   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester Docks   county:Gloucestershire   Warehouses  

Taken from the same viewpoint as 'Cud Hill near close of day' but... (more)

Tags: B4073   place:Bath   place:Chipping Campden   Cotswold Way   place:Cotswolds   Cotswolds Conservation Board   Country Park   place:Cud Hill   Detmar and Winifred Blow   place:Edge   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   place:Gloucester   county:Gloucestershire   place:Gloucestershire Cotswolds   top:Grassland   Grazing Scheme   place:Hilles House   subject:Landscape   top:Lowlands   Natural England   place:Painswick   place:Painswick Hill   top:Roads, Road Transport   place:Robinswood Hill   top:Sport, Leisure   place:Stroud   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

The lane over Cud Hill which links the B4073 Gloucester - Painswick road to the... (more)

Tags: B4073   place:Bath   place:Chipping Campden   Cotswold Way   place:Cotswolds   Cotswolds Conservation Board   Country Park   place:Cud Hill   Detmar and Winifred Blow   place:Edge   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   place:Gloucester   county:Gloucestershire   place:Gloucestershire Cotswolds   top:Grassland   Grazing Scheme   place:Hilles House   subject:Lane   top:Lowlands   Natural England   place:Painswick   place:Painswick Hill   top:Roads, Road Transport   place:Robinswood Hill   top:Sport, Leisure   place:Stroud   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

Tags: building type:Cathedral   subject:Cathedral   Cathedral   top:City, Town Centre   type:Geograph   cathedral:Gloucester   place:Gloucester   Gloucester   Gloucester Cathedral   place:Gloucester Cathedral   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Religious Sites  

One of the fake cannons used in the 1985 movie 'Revolution' at... (more)

Tags: Cannon   Docks   top:Docks, Harbours   country:England   Film Prop   Film Set   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester Docks   county:Gloucestershire   Warehouses  

Drainage work being carried out beneath the trio of the Westgate Bridges over... (more)

Tags: place:Alney Island   subject:Bridge   top:Construction, Development   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   top:Lowlands   River Severn   top:Roads, Road Transport   area:Severn Vale   place:Showmans Winter Quarters   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   place:Westgate   place:Westgate Bridges  

This notice standing beside the A417 at Over Causeway, near the junction of... (more)

Tags: A417 Ledbury - Gloucester Road   place:Alney Island   Alney Island Flood Alleviation Scheme   Environment Agency   Flooding   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   top:Lowlands   subject:Notice   place:Over Causeway   River Severn   area:Severn Vale   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   top:Water Resources   place:Westend Parade   place:Westend Terrace  

The vintage ships were used in the 1985 movie 'Revolution' starring Al Pacino.

Tags: Docks   top:Docks, Harbours   country:England   Film Set   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester Docks   county:Gloucestershire   Warehouses  

A view upstream on the eastern bank of the River Severn of the now superseded,... (more)

Tags: Architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet   subject:Bridge   Brunel   Domesday Book   place:Gloucester   Gloucester-Newport Railway   county:Gloucestershire   Historic England   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Iron Girder Bridge   Jim Phelan   top:Lowlands   Neuilly   place:Over   place:Over Bridge   top:Paths   River Seine   River Severn   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Scheduled Ancient Monument   Severn Lowest Crossing   top:Sport, Leisure   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   Telford  

This east-facing view shows a stage in the rebuilding of the northern, inbound,... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, Barrier   subject:Bridge   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucestershire   Jim Phelan   top:Lowlands   place:Over Bridge   River Severn   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Roads, Road Transport   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   Thomas Telford   Tramping The Toby   place:Westgate   place:Westgate Bridge  

Looking across to the old access road to the site of the former Castlemeads... (more)

Tags: place:Castlemeads Car Park   place:Castlemeads Power Station Site   Coal-Fired Power Station   Demolition   Feb 2002 Flooding   subject:Flood   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   place:Gloucestershire   top:Grassland   top:Lowlands   top:Public Buildings and Spaces   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

The small dry dock here was opened in 1818 and extended to 120 ft in 1837. The... (more)

Tags: top:Business, Retail, Services   top:City, Town Centre   subject:Dock   top:Docks, Harbours   Dry Dock   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   place:Gloucestershire   top:Lowlands   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Shipbuilding   Shipping   top:Sport, Leisure   Tall Ship   Tommi Nielsen & Co  

The small dry dock here was opened in 1818 and extended to 120 ft in 1837. The... (more)

Tags: top:Business, Retail, Services   top:City, Town Centre   subject:Dock   top:Docks, Harbours   Dry Dock   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   place:Gloucestershire   top:Lowlands   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Shipbuilding   top:Sport, Leisure   Tall Ship   Tommi Nielsen & Co  

Taken where the inner ring road, running parallel to the railway, crosses the... (more)

Tags: top:City, Town Centre   place:Gloucester   cathedral:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Cathedral   Gloucester Cathedral   Gloucester St   Traffic Lights  

Until 1974 this was the main road, via Telford's 1828 Over Bridge, into... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   Engineer Thomas Telford   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   top:Grassland   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Lowest Road Crossing   top:Lowlands   place:Over   place:Over Bridge   River Severn   subject:Road   top:Roads, Road Transport   Severn Bridge   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   Telfords Over Bridge  

A glimpse of the warehouses before restoration can be seen here SO8218 : Cannon Film Prop, Gloucester Docks.

Tags: Converted Warehouses   Docks   top:Docks, Harbours   country:England   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Gloucester Docks   county:Gloucestershire   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Warehouses  

Gloucester Cathedral and buildings seen from the north-west.

Tags: subject:Cathedral   Cathedral   Cathedral Buildings   country:England   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Cathedral   Gloucester Cathedral   county:Gloucestershire   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Religious Sites  

Gloucester Cathedral from the south-west.

Tags: subject:Cathedral   Cathedral   country:England   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Cathedral   Gloucester Cathedral   county:Gloucestershire   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Religious Sites  

Gloucester Cathedral tower from the south-west.

Tags: Cathedral   subject:Cathedral   Cathedral Tower   type:Close Look   country:England   place:Gloucester   Gloucester Cathedral   place:Gloucester Cathedral   county:Gloucestershire   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Religious Sites   Tower  

A view from the now closed and severed old main road into Gloucester to... (more)

Tags: Architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet   subject:Bridge   top:Derelict, Disused   Domesday Book   place:Gloucester   county:Gloucestershire   top:Grassland   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Jim Phelan   top:Lowlands   Neuilly   Old Main Road   place:Over   place:Over Bridge   River Seine   top:Roads, Road Transport   Scheduled Ancient Monument   Severn Bridge   place:Severn Vale   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   Telfords Over Bridge   Thomas Telford   Tramp Writer  

Part of Gloucester Docks.

Tags: Basin   top:City, Town Centre   Dock   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Docks   Moored Boats   Mooring   Narrowboat   Narrowboats  

Gloucester station has the longest continuous platform in the UK at 602 metres... (more)

Tags: opened:1840   Birmingham and Gloucester Railway   Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway   top:City, Town Centre   image:DSC 6390A   type:Geograph   postcode district:GL1   place:Gloucester   district council:Gloucester City Council   location:Gloucester Station   county:Gloucestershire   subject:Platform   top:Railways  

Tags: subject:Cathedral   Cathedral   Cathedral Porch   country:England   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Cathedral   Gloucester Cathedral   county:Gloucestershire   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Religious Sites  

Gloucester Cathedral is visible on the horizon.

Tags: place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Cathedral   Gloucester Cathedral   Houses   top:Housing, Dwellings   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   Terraced Houses   Victorian Terraced Houses  

The only time that this Geographer has been into a prison. The occasion was an... (more)

Tags: City and Country   top:City, Town Centre   type:Close Look   top:Construction, Development   top:Derelict, Disused   English Heritage   top:Flat Landscapes   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Prison   area:Gloucestershire   azea:Gloucestershire Severn Vale   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Jailhouse Tours   Ministry of Justice   subject:Prison   top:Roads, Road Transport  

A view north-east along College Street in Gloucester to the Cathedral, taken... (more)

Tags: top:Business, Retail, Services   top:City, Town Centre   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Cathedral   area:Gloucestershire   area:Gloucestershire Cotswolds   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Lowlands   top:Religious Sites   top:Sport, Leisure   subject:Street   place:Westgate Street  

This three-part stone memorial, beside the Cotswold Way through Cliff Wood,... (more)

Tags: place:Cliff Wood   Cromwell Stone   English Civil War   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   area:Gloucestershire Cotswolds   place:Haresfield   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Lowlands   subject:Memorial   Parliamentarian Troops   top:Paths   Royalist Forces   Siege of Gloucester   top:Sport, Leisure   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Woodland, Forest  

A view of Telford's Over Bridge, still standing to the west of Gloucester.... (more)

Tags: Architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet   subject:Bridge   Engineer Thomas Telford   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   area:Gloucestershire Severn Vale   top:Grassland   Historic England   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Lowlands   place:Neuilly   place:Over   River Severn   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Scheduled Ancient Monument   top:Sport, Leisure   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   Telfords Over Bridge   Tramp Writer Jim Phelan  

This is the point at which the former main road into Gloucester from the west... (more)

Tags: A417 Ledbury - Gloucester Road   top:Boundary, Barrier   type:Geograph   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   top:Grassland   top:Lowlands   Nottingham - Cardiff Railway Line   place:Over   top:Railways   River Severn   top:Roads, Road Transport   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   Telfords Over Bridge   subject:View  

This is the point at which the former main road into Gloucester from the west... (more)

Tags: Ancient Monument   Artist Thomas Gambier Parry   top:Boundary, Barrier   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   top:Grassland   place:Highnam   place:Holy Innocents Church   top:Lowlands   place:May Hill   Nottingham - Cardiff Railway Line   place:Over   top:Railways   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   place:Telfords Over Bridge   subject:View  

Facing out onto Commercial Road is the Victorian house built for the... (more)

Tags: City and Country   top:City, Town Centre   place:Commercial Road   top:Construction, Development   top:Derelict, Disused   top:Flat Landscapes   Former Prison   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucester Prison   Gloucestershire   Governors House   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:House   Housing   top:Housing, Dwellings   Redevelopment   Victorian House  

The North Warehouse was built in 1826–27 for The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal... (more)

Tags: built:1826-27   top:Business, Retail, Services   top:City, Town Centre   top:Docks, Harbours   type:Geograph   postcode district:GL1   place:Gloucester   offices:Gloucester City Council   district council:Gloucester City Council   location:Gloucester Docks   county:Gloucestershire   Grade II Listed   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   building:North Warehouse   subject:Warehouse  

Very definitely there is no way through here. Time photo taken 4.03 pm BST... (more)

Tags: A417 Ledbury - Gloucester Road   place:Alney Island   Alney Island Flood Alleviation Scheme   Environment Agency   subject:Flood Defences   Flooding   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   top:Lowlands   place:Over Causeway   River Severn   area:Severn Vale   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   top:Water Resources   place:Westend Parade   place:Westend Terrace  

A view of the equipment sited here for the Environment Agency's Alney... (more)

Tags: A417 Ledbury - Gloucester Road   place:Alney Island   Alney Island Flood Alleviation Scheme   Environment Agency   subject:Flood Defences   Flooding   type:Geograph   place:Gloucester   area:Gloucestershire   top:Lowlands   place:Over Causeway   River Severn   area:Severn Vale   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   top:Water Resources   place:Westend Parade   place:Westend Terrace  

Many of us were taught in prefabricated classrooms such as these. 'Sir... (more)

Tags: top:Educational Sites   place:Gloucester   place:Oakleaze   Prefabricated Classroom   Secondary School   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

This view was taken from Westgate Bridge looking over to the Westgate Leisure... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, Barrier   place:Gloucester   place:Gloucestershire   top:Lowlands   Nottingham-Cardiff Railway Line   top:Park and Public Gardens   subject:River   River Severn   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Sport, Leisure   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   place:Westgate   place:Westgate Bridge   place:Westgate Leisure Area  

The Main Basin and Baker's Quay became so busy during the 1840s that ships... (more)

Tags: Docks   top:Docks, Harbours   place:Gloucester