Wellhouse Bay

Wellhouse Bay is a locality in Gloucestershire, West Country, England. Wellhouse Bay is situated nearby to the locality Wellhouse Rock, as well as near the hamlet Purton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Purton Hulks and Lydney Railway Station.

Purton Hulks

Disaster remains

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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 2½ miles southwest of Wellhouse Bay.

Lydney Town railway station

Railway station

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Lydney Town railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway in Lydney in Gloucestershire. Lydney Town railway station is situated 2 miles west of Wellhouse Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Purton and Sharpness.

Purton

Hamlet

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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.

Sharpness

Village

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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.