Hereford and Gloucester Canal
The Hereford and Gloucester Canal is a narrow canal and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for through 23 locks from Hereford (which is a dead end) to Over Junction (where it joins the River Severn (Maisemore Channel - Northern Section) and the River Severn (Maisemore Channel - Southern Section)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 70 feet long and 8 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
Notable features of the waterway include: Oxenhall Tunnel, Ashperton Tunnel and Aylestone Tunnel
This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "under restoration"
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Hereford Site of terminal basins |
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Widemarsh Street Bridge Site of canal bridge marked by a plaque |
¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Aylestone Tunnel (West end) | 5 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Alyestone Tunnel (East end) | 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Aylestone Park Slipway | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Roman Road Bridge | 1 mile and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Hereford - Worcester Railway Bridge | 2 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Barrs Lock Currently filled in |
7 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Crews' Pitch Bridge | 8 miles and 4½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Crews' Pitch Wharf | 8 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Monkhide Skew Bridge Built by Stephen Ballard in 1843 to take a minor no through road over the canal. Rather than simply build it at right angles to the canal he went to all the trouble with stability etc in building the most skewed canal bridge in Britain. |
8 miles and 7½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Hospital Bridge, Monkhide | 9 miles and ½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Middle Court Bridge, Monkhide | 9 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Monksbury Court Accommodation Bridge Canal has been filled in at this point |
9 miles and 4 furlongs | 3 locks |
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Ashperton Tunnel (Western Portal) | 12 miles and 1½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Ashperton Tunnel (Eastern Portal) | 12 miles and 3½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Boyce Court Bridge | 21 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 11 locks |
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Oxenhall Tunnel (Western Portal) | 22 miles and 2 furlongs | 11 locks |
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Oxenhall Tunnel (Eastern Portal) | 23 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks |
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Cold Harbour Lane Bridge | 24 miles | 11 locks |
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Coal Branch Lock (Top Lock) | 24 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 11 locks |
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Double Locks Destroyed by Gloucester-Ledbury railway |
28 miles and 1½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Rudford Lock Destroyed by Gloucester-Ledbury railway |
31 miles and 3 furlongs | 21 locks |
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Over Canal Basin | 33 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 22 locks |
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Over Junction Lock | 33 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 22 locks |
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Over Junction Junction with the currently closed Hereford and Gloucester Canal |
34 miles and ¼ furlongs | 23 locks |
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Wikipedia has a page about Hereford and Gloucester Canal
The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal (sometimes known as the Hereford and Gloucester Canal) is a canal in the west of England, which ran from Hereford to Gloucester, where it linked to the River Severn. It was opened in two phases in 1798 and 1845, and closed in 1881, when the southern section was used for the course of the Ledbury and Gloucester Railway. It is the subject of an active restoration scheme.