Sharpness, Gloucestershire

Sharpness
The main dock
Sharpness is located in Gloucestershire
Sharpness
Sharpness
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceST675024
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBERKELEY
Postcode districtGL13
Dialling code01453
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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51°43′23″N 2°28′41″W / 51.723°N 2.478°W / 51.723; -2.478

Sharpness (/ʃɑːrpˈnɛs/ sharp-NESS) 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. It is on the River Severn at grid reference SO669027, at a point where the tidal range, though less than at Avonmouth downstream (14 metres (46 ft) typical spring tide), is still large (10 metres (33 ft) typical spring).

There is a small community of approximately 100 residents directly adjacent to the port, in addition to the subvillage of Newtown approximately 0.5 miles to the south-east. Four miles to the south lies the small town of Berkeley.