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Intending passengers waiting to board mv (motor vessel) Balmoral at Sharpness... (more)

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Intending passengers waiting to board mv (motor vessel) Balmoral at Sharpness... (more)

Tags: Brecon Mountain RailwayX   top:CoastalX   top:Docks, HarboursX   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   area:GloucestershireX   place:LydneyX   MV BalmoralX   place:PenarthX   top:People, EventsX   place:Pontsticill StationX   subject:QuayX   River SevernX   place:Sharpness   top:Sport, LeisureX   top:Village, Rural SettlementX  

The water to the left leads into Sharpness Docks. The Gloucester &... (more)

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If you aren't on board now you have missed your day out. This photo taken... (more)

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I'd love to live here: it has the most amazing view along the Severn... (more)

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This is where the canal used to enter the Severn through a disused lock... (more)

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Leaving Portishead astern – 'port at the head of the river' – or... (more)

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Looking out to north-west over the Bristol Channel is the former National... (more)

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Intending passengers on the platform awaiting their train at Pant Station on the... (more)

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A day excursion from Lydney and Sharpness aboard the MV (motor vessel) Balmoral... (more)

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Looking out from mv (motor vessel) Balmoral, docked at Lydney Harbour, waiting... (more)

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Seen from the public road past Sharpness Docks. The company of this name... (more)

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These lie between the River Severn and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. This... (more)

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Alongside the entrance lock to the floating dock at Sharpness.

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Seen from the high level swing bridge at the entrance to Sharpness Docks. The... (more)

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A view westwards over the Pontsticill Reservoir from a train on the Brecon... (more)

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Sailing down the River Severn on a day trip aboard the mv (motor vessel)... (more)

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A look inside the workshops of the Brecon Mountain Railway at Pant Station. This... (more)

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As one set of passengers step off the train, another set waits to replace them,... (more)

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View south-eastwards taken from the mv (motor vessel) Balmoral about to pass... (more)

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The docks are entered through a lock and are only accessible at appropriate tide... (more)

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Including the surviving older warehouse block. This is seen from a publicly... (more)

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One of the entrances from the public road that passes the docks. The old... (more)

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This shows the top gates from a publicly accessible area. Beyond is the shipyard... (more)

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A coaster registered in St John's. The vessel was built in 1998 with a... (more)

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A view from a publicly accessible area near the dock offices and the entrance... (more)

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Seen across the tidal basin with the dry dock in the left background. My best... (more)

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This single pair of gates separates the tidal basin from the River Severn.... (more)

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This fine monument is in the hinterland beyond Sharpness Docks and commemorates... (more)

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Still afloat (just!), this unidentified boat is in the basin above the former... (more)

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View from the bridge over the old channel to the River Severn, now a dead end... (more)

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The remains of the Severn railway bridge are visible in the background.

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Not the world's sharpest picture, but I thought it was quite atmospheric... (more)

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This shot shows the access ladder into the former entrance to Sharpness docks,... (more)

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The canal at Frampton on Severn, gloucestershire, near the Saul junction marina.

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At Sharpness Point on the River Severn. This new boathouse and slipway opened in 2008.

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Don't know what this was used for. Taken with an antediluvian film camera.

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A fleet of barrows provided for the convenience of boaters at Sharpness Marina.... (more)

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Taken from across the estuary at Sharpness, this shows the remains of the... (more)

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Abandoned during the difficult demolition of the bridge following its... (more)

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The stonework is the remaining approach viaduct of the Severn Railway Bridge,... (more)

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