Places to see in ( Gloucester - UK )
Places to see in ( Gloucester - UK )
Gloucester is a city and district in southwest England, the county city of Gloucestershire. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the southwest.
Gloucester was founded in AD 97 by the Romans under Emperor Nerva as Colonia Glevum Nervensis, and was granted its first charter in 1155 by King Henry II. Economically, the city is dominated by the service industries, and has a strong financial and business sector, and historically was prominent in the aerospace industry.
Gloucester is located on the eastern bank of the River Severn, sheltered by the Cotswolds to the east, while the Forest of Dean and the Malvern Hills rise to the west and north, respectively. Gloucester is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal which runs from Gloucester's docks to the Severn Estuary, allowing larger ships to reach the docks than would be possible on the tidal reaches of the river itself, which go well north of the city to Haw Bridge. The wharfs, warehouses and the docks themselves fell into disrepair until their renovation in the 1980s. They now form a public open space. Some warehouses now house the Gloucester Waterways Museum, others were converted into residential flats, shops and bars. Additionally, the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum is located in the Custom House. Next to the museum is Gloucester Yacht Club. The port still houses the most inland RNLI lifeboat in the United Kingdom.
Gloucester is made up of a variety of neighbourhoods, some of which correspond to electoral divisions of the City Council.
Abbeydale
Abbeymead
Alney Island
Barnwood
Barton and Tredworth
Coney Hill
Elmbridge
Hempsted
Hucclecote
Kingsholm
Linden
Longlevens
Matson
Podsmead
Quedgeley †
St. Pauls
Tuffley
Wotton
Westgate
Gloucester is served by the M5 motorway, which runs to the east of the city. Until the construction of the Severn Bridge in 1966, Gloucester was the lowest bridging point on the river and hence was an important settlement on the route between London and South Wales. Gloucester railway station has frequent trains to London Paddington, Reading, Bristol, Cardiff Central, Nottingham and Birmingham.
Alot to see in ( Gloucester - UK ) such as :
Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum
Prinknash Abbey
Great Witcombe Roman Villa
Gloucester Cathedral
St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester
National Waterways Museum
Gloucester Docks
Gloucester Waterways Museum
Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake
The Museum of Gloucester
Robinswood Hill Country Park
Blackfriars, Gloucester
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Haresfield Beacon
Llanthony Secunda
Over Bridge
Robinswood Hill
Alney Island nature reserve
Prinknash Abbey Park
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The Imperial Hotel located in Stroud - UK 1080p Review
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The Imperial Hotel is situated in the centre of the Cotswold town of Stroud and is surrounded by beautiful countryside, rivers, streams and wooded valleys.
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Sheepscombe Brook - Painswick Stream from Source to Stroud
Take a look along the full length of this stream, all filmed in two summer evenings in July 2016, apart from the section - Stratford Park to the end filmed in the afternoon due to light issues.
The early part of this journey is along 'sheepscombe brook' the source of this being higher at 250m than the more northerly segment at Cranham being 215m.
44932 & the Cathedrals Express to Gloucester 12-08-10
The 12th August and Black Five 44932 was off on another Cathedrals Express, this time to Gloucester. The route from Victoria to Reading was via Redhill and Guildford in both directions and so by 10:45 we were in place in a field near Betchworth, from where the train was given a Railway Children style welcome by some of the locals.
Progress to, and through, Guildford was slow, August apparently being the height of the roadworks season, nevertheless we reached Ash with plenty of time to spare as the special had been delayed by a late running service. The un-professional jolt of the camera was the result of me trying to silently convey quiet please to the commentator on the bridge, fortunately his companion did it for me.
In the evening, photographers on platform 1 at North Camp were noticeably edgy when, minutes before the special was due, a Reading bound stopping service was announced. What they didn't know was that the Black Five was running twenty minutes late, plenty of time for the local to get clear.....and the next one to arrive.
From North Camp we decided to go to Aldbury to capture the sound of the loco climbing Gomshall Bank, with or without pictures, but as we crossed the bridge above Guildford station, smoke could be seen rising so Alan bailed out with the camera and got a bonus shot of the train departing the station and entering Chalk Tunnel.
Finally, with 9db of gain catching the last of the daylight, 44932 climbed Gomshall bank with ease and accelerated away down the other side.
DRS Class 37s Nos. 37218 Tnt 37603 | 20/12/13
When the NMT is replaced by DRS Class 37s, there was no question other than finding somewhere else other than Plymouth to see them pass. Typically this meant the return to Teignmouth cost £12 instead of the normal £4.60 after 10am but I think the trip was just about worth it.
I did plan on catching the 06:55 to get to Dawlish with plenty of spare time but knowing the sun would still be pretty low, the question was where to go to see the down running and I decided to go Totnes, sadly soon after arriving the sun was still rather low and then cloud covered the sun -- Just typical.
Here we see DRS Class 37 No. 37218 top and tailed with No. 37603 passing Totnes while working the 05:17 1Q18 Old Oak Common to Plymouth NMT replacement passing 2 minutes late at 09:15
and then the return passing Sprey Point while working the 1Q19 10:01 Plymouth to London Paddington NMT replacement passing 10 minutes late at 11:01.
First Great Western Sprinter class 150/2 leaves Dawlish
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Deltic/Warship++ Convoy. 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier @ Gloucester 10 May 2012.
Convoy= Deltic 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier,Warship D821 Greyhound, Class 20s D8059 + D8188, 50 049 Defiance, failed class 57 (itself replacing failed 33 012). Convoy seen at 2:06
Internet rumours that a Deltic convoy from Kidderminster (Severn Valley Railway) to Swanage would pass Bristol Parkway at 10.50 The search for the Deltic Convoy begins. The Convoy fails near Gloucester and 50 049 Defiance is sent to the rescue.
At Cheltenham Spa nothing happens, but the Convoy is hauled in to Gloucester station at 4pm.
Video locations are Bristol Parkway, Cheltenham Spa and Gloucester. The Search for Spock has nothing on this!
The British Rail Class 55 is a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric. They were designed for the high-speed express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh. They gained the name Deltic from the prototype locomotive, DP1 Deltic, which in turn was named for its Napier Deltic power units. Twenty-two locomotives were built: they dominated express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) particularly London -- Leeds and London -- Edinburgh services until 1978 when InterCity 125 'High Speed Trains' were introduced. 1978--81 saw them gradually relegated to semi-fast or newspaper--parcel--sleeper services along the ECML (destinations including Cleethorpes, Harrogate, Hull, Scarborough and Aberdeen) plus occasional forays 'offline' -- York - Liverpool Lime Street semi-fast and Edinburgh - Carlisle via Newcastle stoppers. Withdrawal came at the end of 1981. Six locomotives were preserved and are still running today.
FGW Class 150/2 Near Weston-Super-Mare | 30/05/11 [HD].
Filmed whilst waiting for a steam service hauled by 70000 Britannia that never showed up!!