Hereford and Gloucester Canal
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 70 feet long and 8 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
Notable features of the waterway include Oxenhall Tunnel, Ashperton Tunnel and Aylestone Tunnel
The waterway passes through Hereford
The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal (sometimes known as the Hereford and Gloucester Canal) 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.
This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "under restoration"
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 57M3 - Hereford and Gloucester Canal Map (Free Download)
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Hereford Basin Site of terminal basins |
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| Widemarsh Street Bridge Site of canal bridge marked by a plaque |
¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Aylestone Tunnel (western entrance) | 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Alyestone Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Aylestone Park Slipway | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Roman Road Bridge | 1 mile and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hereford - Worcester Railway Bridge | 2 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Barrs Lock Currently filled in |
7 miles and 6½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Crews' Pitch Bridge | 8 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Crews' Pitch Wharf | 8 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Monkhide Skew Bridge Built by Stephen Ballard in 1843 to take a minor no through road over the canal. Rather than simply build it at right angles to the canal he went to all the trouble with stability etc in building the most skewed canal bridge in Britain. |
8 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hospital Bridge, Monkhide | 9 miles and ½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Middle Court Bridge, Monkhide | 9 miles and 1½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Monksbury Court Accommodation Bridge Canal has been filled in at this point |
9 miles and 4 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Ashperton Tunnel (western entrance) | 12 miles and 1 furlong | 3 locks | |
| Ashperton Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 12 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Boyce Court Bridge | 21 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Oxenhall Tunnel (western entrance) | 22 miles and 1½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Oxenhall Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 23 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Cold Harbour Lane Bridge | 23 miles and 7½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Coal Branch Lock (top lock) | 24 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Double Locks Destroyed by Gloucester-Ledbury railway |
28 miles and ¾ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Rudford Lock Destroyed by Gloucester-Ledbury railway |
31 miles and 2½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Over Winding Hole Current head of navigation and half-mile post |
33 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Over Canal Basin | 33 miles and 7½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Over Junction Lock | 33 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Over Junction Junction with the currently closed Hereford and Gloucester Canal |
34 miles | 23 locks |
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Wikipedia has a page about Hereford and Gloucester Canal
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.