Alney Island
Alney Island is an island in the River Severn near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. The Severn splits into two channels at Upper Parting, and merges again at Lower Parting to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gloucester Cathedral and Over Bridge.
Gloucester Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn.
Over Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Over Bridge, also known as Telford's Bridge, is a single-span stone arch bridge spanning the canalised West Channel of the River Severn near Gloucester, England.
St Oswald’s Priory
Ruins
St Oswald's Priory was founded by Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great, and her husband Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, in the late 880s or the 890s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walham and Over.
Walham
Hamlet
Walham is a hamlet in Longford parish, north of Gloucester, England. It lies on the banks of the River Severn and north of the A40 road. It is a suburb of Gloucester, which is to its south.
Over
Suburb
Photo: Alby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Over is a village in Gloucestershire, England, 2 mi west of Gloucester. It lies on the A40 road in the parish of Highnam, on the west bank of the River Severn.
Gloucester
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gloucester is the county town of Gloucestershire in England's West Country. A major attraction of the city is Gloucester Cathedral, which is the burial place of King Edward II.
Alney Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the River Severn in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Gloucester District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.87778° or 51° 52′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.25985° or 2° 15′ 36″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C3VVPHR+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 58010945OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Alney Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Alney Island”
- French: “Alney”
- Japanese: “アルニー島”
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