Coombe Hill Canal

Coombe Hill Canal
The frozen canal from the terminal wharf
Specifications
Locks	1
Status	unnavigable
History
Date of act	1792
Date completed	1796
Date closed	1876
Geography
Start point	Coombe Hill wharf
End point	Wainlode Hill
Connects to	River Severn

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Legend
River Severn B4213 Haw Bridge Combe Hill wharf Apperley Ct to Wainlode Hill Road bridge Entrance lock (dis) River Severn

Coombe Hill Canal lies in the Vale of Gloucester, south west England, north of Leigh and runs west 2.75 miles (4.43 km)^[1] from Coombe Hill Basin to the River Severn near Wainlode Hill. It opened in 1796 and closed 80 years later in 1876, after the only lock was damaged by flooding. The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust purchased the Coombe Hill Canal nature reserve in 1985 and the area is managed by the trust. Adjacent to the Coombe Hill Canal is a large area of wet meadowland situated midway between Gloucester and Tewkesbury to the west of the A38, which was purchased by the trust in 1999. There is a north and a south meadow. This land and the canal itself often flood in winter, which attracts hundreds of wildfowl.^[2]