Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, Hempsted, Gloucester

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Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, Hempsted, Gloucester

Image: © David Stowell Taken: 18 Sep 2005

Looking SW along the canal as it runs parallel to the Bristol road out of Gloucester. The excavations on the opposite bank http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/canal/twomilecut/2mcutplans.htm will remove the sharp S-bend in the canal which starts in the distance.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.838693
Longitude
-2.271365