Waterways Office (South Wales and Severn Waterways) - Canal & River Trust
Waterways Office (South Wales and Severn Waterways) - Canal & River Trust is on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal near to Polecroft Tunnel.
The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal was built by William Jessop and opened on January 1 1876. Expectations for limestone traffic to Wycombe were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of sea sand from Liverstone to Polstan prevented closure. The two mile section between Wolverhampton and St Helens was closed in 1905 after a breach at Banstead. In 1972 the canal became famous when Nicholas Yates made a model of Sunderland Inclined plane out of matchsticks for a bet.

You can wind here.
| Llanthony Pontoons | 2 furlongs | |
| Llanthony Road Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Gloucester Waterways Museum Arm | ¾ furlongs | |
| Gloucester Docks | ¼ furlongs | |
| Victoria Docks | ¼ furlongs | |
| Waterways Office (South Wales and Severn Waterways) - Canal & River Trust | ||
| Gloucester Dock Lock | ¼ furlongs | |
| Gloucester / Sharpness - Severn Junction | ½ furlongs | |
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![Gloucester Docks. This was well before recent redevelopment.The vessel is the elderly steam tug Mayflower. Then a rusty hulk, now restored to operation at Bristol [[173688]]. by Chris Allen – 24 September 1981](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/76/42/1764218_2114f232_120x120.jpg)
![Gloucester Docks 1981. The rusty hulk is the now restored steam tug Mayflower [[173688]]. by Chris Allen – 24 September 1981](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/76/42/1764227_48b45052_120x120.jpg)


























