Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal

Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal
The restored basin at Over
Specifications
Maximum boat length70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
Maximum boat beam8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Locks23
StatusSeveral sections under restoration
Navigation authoritynone
History
Original ownerHerefordshire and Gloucestershire Navigation Co
Principal engineerJosiah Clowes
Other engineer(s)Robert Whitworth, Stephen Ballard
Date of act1791
Date of first use1798
Date completed1845
Date closed1881
Geography
Start pointOver, nr Gloucester
End pointBarrs Court Basin, Hereford
Branch(es)Oxenhall Coal Branch
Connects toRiver Severn
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire
Canal
Hereford
Barrs Court Basin, Hereford Barrs Court station
New Blackfriars Basin
Widemarsh Street
Newtown Road site
Farriers Way
Retail Park foot bridge
New route avoiding factory
Railway Bridges on Welsh Marches line
Aylestone Tunnel
(440yds)
Holmer Estate Project
Aylestone Park launching slipway
 A4103  Roman Road
Hereford - Worcester Rly
Shelwick Green bridge
Lyde Stop lock
River Lugg aqueduct
Ridgeway
Sutton Lakes road
 A465  Bromyard
Withington Wharf
Withington road
Withington lock
Thingwell lock
Kymin bridge
Kymin East, Withington Project
Barrs lock
Yarkhill
 A4103  Worcester
Crew's Pitch Wharf
Skew bridge, Monkhide
Hospital bridge, Monkhide
Middle Court bridge, Monkhide
Accommodation bridge, Monksbury Court
River Lodon aqueduct
Corn Mill leat / Feeder from River Lodon
Accommodation bridge, Corn Mill
Stretton Grandison Stop lock
Watery Lane
River Frome aqueduct
Canon Frome Wharf
 A417  Leominster
Canon Frome bridge
Feeder from River Frome
Accommodation bridge, Lower House Farm
Ashperton Tunnel
(400yds)
Haywood Lane W.
Haywood Lane E.
The Oak, Staplow
 B4124  Bromyard
Old Lock Staplow (stop lock)
River Leadon aqueduct, Prior's Court underpass
Hollow Lane
Wellington Heath road
Ledbury Viaduct
Hereford road
Railway to Ledbury railway station
Ledbury, Bye St locks, (5)
Little Marcle road
 A449  Ross
Hazle Mill lock
Leather Mill lock
County boundary
Greenway road
 B4215  Roman Road
Dymock
Dymock Partnership Project
Kempley road
Railway avoided tunnel
Accommodation bridge, Boyce Court
48" Gas pipeline crossing
(2008)
 M50  Motorway
Oxenhall Tunnel
(2192yds)
Coldharbour Lane
Start of Coal Canal Branch/Kilcot Coal Arm
Top lock/Coal Branch lock
Three Ashes lane bridges
House lock, Oxenhall
Hill House Colliery Wharf
Ell Brook aqueduct
Bottom (No 2) lock
Railway avoided tunnel
Devin's lock
Newent Bridge Street
Newent/Cleeve Mill lock
Cleeve Mill road
Philip's lock
Okle Clifford road
The Malswick House (formerly The Travellers Rest)
Rhymes/Road lock Malswick
 B4215  Newent
Coneybury lock
Locks Accommodation Bridge
Double lock
Moat Farm road
 B4215  Newent
Rudford Mill lock
Rudford Mill road
Ledbury and Gloucester Railway to Gloucester
Vineyard Hill restored canal
Over basin/The Lock Keepers (formerly The Wharf House)
Over lock
River Severn South Wales Railway and  A40 
Llanthony lock (Alney Island)
River Severn Swing bridge Gloucester

The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal (sometimes known as the Hereford and Gloucester Canal) is a canal in the west of England, which ran from Hereford to Gloucester, where it linked to the River Severn. It was opened in two phases in 1798 and 1845, and closed in 1881, when the southern section was used for the course of the Ledbury and Gloucester Railway. It is the subject of an active restoration scheme.