Sharpness

Worth seeing in and around Sharpness

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Berkeley Castle

   Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. The castle's origins date back to the 11th century and it is a Grade I listed building.

   3.7 km · castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

   The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a ship canal in the west of England, between Gloucester and Sharpness, completed in 1827. For much of its length the canal runs close to the tidal River Severn, but it cuts off a long loop in the river at a once-dangerous bend near Arlingham.

   1.6 km · canal in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dr Jenner's House

   Dr. Jenner's House, formerly known as the Edward Jenner Museum, in Berkeley, England, is housed in a grade II* listed early 18th century building called the Chantry, famous as the home of Edward Jenner FRS, physician, surgeon, and pioneer of smallpox vaccination, and now used as a museum.

   3.6 km · museum in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Lydney Canal

   The Lydney Canal is a one-mile canal in Gloucestershire that runs inland from the River Severn to Lydney. It was opened in 1813 to trans-ship iron and coal from the Forest of Dean.

   3 km · Disused canal in Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Town Hall

   Berkeley Town Hall is a municipal building in Salter Street, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. The structure, which is now used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.

   3.4 km · town hall in Berkeley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Mary the Virgin, Berkeley

   The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, and in the Diocese of Gloucester. The building is Grade I listed; it has a separate tower, also Grade I listed.

   3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sharpness

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 41 km · Cardiff (CWL), 70 km · Birmingham (BHX), 96 km

Stations

Lydney railway station, 3.7 km · Lydney Junction railway station, 3.7 km · Lydney Town railway station, 3.8 km · Berkeley railway station, 2.5 km · Severn Bridge railway station, 1.9 km

• Bristol → Sharpness

  31 km · quickest by road, 51 min · £3.5–4.5
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• Cardiff → Sharpness

  55 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £7–10
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Sharpness

  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sharpness

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sharpness. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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