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 2 miles west of Long Ground Pool.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Frampton-on-Severn

Church

Photo: Robin Poitou, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Frampton-on-Severn is situated 2 miles northeast of Long Ground Pool.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Purton and Cambridge.

Purton

Village

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Purton is a village on the east bank of the River Severn, 3 miles north of Berkeley, in Gloucestershire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Hinton. Purton is situated 2 miles west of Long Ground Pool.

Cambridge

Village

Cambridge is a hamlet in the district of Stroud, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the A38 road between Bristol and Gloucester. It is about 3 miles from Dursley and about 11 miles from Gloucester. Cambridge is situated 2 miles east of Long Ground Pool.

Breadstone

Village

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Breadstone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hamfallow, in the Stroud district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 1931, the parish had a population of 95. Breadstone is situated 2½ miles south of Long Ground Pool.

Long Ground Pool

Type: Body of water
Location: Slimbridge, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.74141° or 51° 44′ 29″ north

Longitude

-2.40847° or 2° 24′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C3VPHRR+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 638512856

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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