Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

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canal ship canal

The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer, more direct navigation route bypassing a hazardous stretch of the River Severn.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal canonical 33
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal infrastructure 4
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal towpath 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ
connects Gloucester ⓘ
Severn ⓘ
surface form: River Severn

Sharpness ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1794 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
endPoint Sharpness Docks ⓘ
engineeringFeature built to sea‑going dimensions ⓘ
relatively few locks compared to its length ⓘ
hasBasin Gloucester Docks ⓘ
surface form: Gloucester Docks Basin

Saul Junction Marina ⓘ
hasLock Gloucester Lock ⓘ
Sharpness Lock ⓘ
hasStructure Cambridge Arms Bridge ⓘ
Fretherne Bridge ⓘ
High Orchard Bridge ⓘ
Patch Bridge ⓘ
Purton Hulks ⓘ
Rea Bridge ⓘ
Sandfield Bridge ⓘ
Sellars Bridge ⓘ
Splatt Bridge ⓘ
Swing bridges ⓘ
Towpath ⓘ
heritageStatus part of the historic inland waterways of England ⓘ
historicalSignificance bypassed dangerous shoals and tides of the River Severn ⓘ
improved access to the inland port of Gloucester ⓘ
length about 16 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Gloucestershire ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
managingOrganisation Canal & River Trust ⓘ
maximumVesselSize ocean‑going ships ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Slimbridge ⓘ
surface form: WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre
nearbySettlement Frampton on Severn ⓘ
Saul Junction ⓘ
Slimbridge ⓘ
notableFeature one of the broadest and deepest ship canals in Britain when opened ⓘ
openingDate 1827 ⓘ
originalName Gloucester and Berkeley Canal ⓘ
purpose to bypass a hazardous stretch of the River Severn ⓘ
to provide a safer navigation route than the River Severn ⓘ
startPoint Gloucester Docks ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
commercial shipping (historically) ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
walking and cycling along the towpath ⓘ
waterSource Severn ⓘ
surface form: River Severn

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Severn → hasCanalConnection → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Gloucester Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Gloucester Lock → connectsWaterway → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Gloucester Lock → managesNavigationBetween → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Gloucester Lock → waterwaySystem → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Gloucester Docks → locatedOnWaterway → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Gloucester Docks → connectedTo → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bristol Channel via Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Gloucester Quays → adjacentTo → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Sharpness → connectedBy → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Sharpness → hasWaterwayConnection → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Sharpness Docks → partOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Sharpness Docks → connectedBy → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Sharpness Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Sharpness Lock → partOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal system
Sharpness Lock → controlsWaterLevelBetween → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
High Orchard Bridge → crosses → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
High Orchard Bridge → crosses → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
High Orchard Bridge → spans → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal navigation channel
Patch Bridge → crosses → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Patch Bridge → isPartOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal infrastructure
Patch Bridge → isLandmarkOn → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Patch Bridge → isOnWaterway → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal navigation route
Patch Bridge → isKnownAs → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patch Bridge over Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Cambridge Arms Bridge → crosses → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Cambridge Arms Bridge → waterway → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Saul Junction → waterway → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Frampton on Severn → locatedNear → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Slimbridge → hasNearbyFeature → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Saul Junction Marina → locatedOn → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Saul Junction Marina → partOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal network
Saul Junction Marina → nearbyAttraction → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Gloucester Waterways Museum → nearbyFeature → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Splatt Bridge → crosses → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Splatt Bridge → spans → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Splatt Bridge → partOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal infrastructure
Splatt Bridge → situatedNear → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal towpath
Gloucester and Berkeley Canal → originalNameOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Gloucester and Berkeley Canal → hasAlternativeName → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Fretherne Bridge → crosses → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Fretherne Bridge → isPartOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal infrastructure
Fretherne Bridge → waterwayCrossed → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Rea Bridge → crosses → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Rea Bridge → partOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal infrastructure
Rea Bridge → waterwayCrossed → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Rea Bridge → isOn → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal corridor
Sandfield Bridge → crosses → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Sandfield Bridge → spans → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
Sandfield Bridge → hasNearbyFeature → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal towpath