Sharpness Point
Sharpness Point is a locality in Gloucestershire, West Country, England. Sharpness Point is situated nearby to the locality Wellhouse Bay, as well as near Wellhouse Rock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Purton Hulks and Lydney Railway Station.
Purton Hulks
Disaster remains
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Purton Hulks or Purton Ships' Graveyard is a number of abandoned boats and ships, deliberately beached beside the River Severn near Purton in Gloucestershire, England, to reinforce the river banks.
Lydney Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydney railway station is a railway station serving the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the Gloucester-Newport line, 133 miles 37 chains from the zero point at Paddington, measured via Stroud. Lydney Railway Station is situated 2 miles west of Sharpness Point.
Lydney Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lydney Junction railway station is a railway station near Lydney in Gloucestershire. The station is now the southern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway. Lydney Junction railway station is situated 2 miles west of Sharpness Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sharpness and Purton.
Sharpness
Village
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sharpness is a port in the civil parish of Hinton, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, one of the most inland in Britain, and eighth largest in the South West England region.
Purton
Hamlet
Photo: Jim Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a hamlet on the west bank of the River Severn, in the civil parish of Lydney in Gloucestershire, England. It lies opposite the village of Purton near Berkeley on the east bank of the river.
Vale of Berkeley
Locality
The Vale of Berkeley is an area in Gloucestershire, England. It lies between the River Severn and the Cotswold Edge, north of Bristol and south of Gloucester.
Sharpness Point
- Type: Locality
- Location: Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72406° or 51° 43′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.48368° or 2° 29′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C3VPGF8+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4560425808OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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