Sharpness Tidal Basin

Sharpness Tidal Basin is a dock in Hinton, Stroud District, England. Sharpness Tidal Basin is situated nearby to Dry Dock, as well as near the church St Andrew.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Purton Hulks is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sharpness Tidal Basin.

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 Tidal Basin.

Dr. Jenner’s House

Museum

Photo: Nick, CC BY 2.0.

Dr. Jenner's House, formerly known as the Edward Jenner Museum, in Berkeley, England, is housed in a grade II* listed early 18th century building called the Chantry, famous as the home of Edward Jenner FRS, physician, surgeon, and pioneer of smallpox vaccination, and now used as a museum. Dr. Jenner’s House is situated 2 miles southeast of Sharpness Tidal Basin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sharpness and Vale of Berkeley.

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.

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.

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.

Sharpness Tidal Basin

Type: Dock
Category: transportation
Location: Hinton, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.71769° or 51° 43′ 4″ north

Longitude

-2.48133° or 2° 28′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C3VPG99+3F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35126065

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dock

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