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    Severn Ham, Tewkesbury (grid reference SO885325) is a 70.82-hectare (175.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire near...
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    and Worcestershire. It is on the west side of the Severn to Severn Ham, Tewkesbury SSSI. The Severn at this site is an old meander which was cut off from...
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    of Tewkesbury Abbey in the twelfth century and played a significant role in the Wars of the Roses. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and...
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    Permo-Triassic bedrock then continues until the Severn moves intermittently onto the Jurassic outcrop from Tewkesbury southwards. Only in the SSW-NNE aligned...
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    intact today to serve the nearby British Army base. The line to Tewkesbury, Upton-on-Severn and Great Malvern, which was closed beyond Upton on 1 December...
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    boundary of the Severn. In addition, some parts of the Ham are of special botanical interest. Meerend Thicket is listed in the ‘Tewkesbury Borough Local...
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    when first constructed – over the River Avon at Tewkesbury (62 yards or 57 metres) and over the River Severn at Saxons Lode (145 yards or 133 metres) with...
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    The Thames and Severn Canal is a canal in Gloucestershire in the south-west of England, which was completed in 1789. It was conceived as part of a cargo...
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    River Avon, Warwickshire (category Tributaries of the River Severn)
    Rugby, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Evesham, Pershore and Tewkesbury, where it joins the Severn. It has traditionally been divided since 1719 into the Lower...
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    Eveline Mary Berens-Dowdeswell (née Hunter), who sold their estate on Severn Ham, Tewkesbury. In 1941, Eve Fleming moved in. She was the mother of Peter and...
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    passes north of Tewkesbury then south of Ledbury. Between junctions 1 and 2 chiefly for these towns respectively, it crosses the River Severn on the Queenhill...
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  • the Town Hall, Severn Ham SSSI, fishing rights, land at the Mythe Railway Nature Reserve and the lordship of the manor of Tewkesbury. Some of these properties...
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  • Aldsworth, Alkerton, Alkington, Allaston, Alstone (Cheltenham), Alstone (near Tewkesbury), Alvington, Amberley, Ampney Crucis, Ampney St Mary, Ampney St Peter...
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    Salmonsbury Meadows Scully Grove Quarry Selsley Common Severn Estuary Severn Ham, Tewkesbury Shorn Cliff And Caswell Woods Slade Brook Soudley Ponds...
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    the town centre for the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway. This closed on 14 August 1961, when the Ashchurch to Upton-on-Severn passenger service was withdrawn...
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    linking Bristol with the Severn Estuary. It runs from junction 1 of the M48 at Aust to the docks at Avonmouth. After the Severn Bridge was opened in 1966...
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  • Gloucestershire, including Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury, Badminton, Berkeley, Blakeney, Chipping Campden, Cinderford, Coleford...
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    River Wye (category Tributaries of the River Severn)
    kilometres (155 miles) from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn Estuary. The lower reaches of the river forms part of the border between...
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    Shropshire), and Bewdley in Worcestershire, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcester, Upton-upon-Severn and Tewkesbury. It enters Gloucestershire and passes through Gloucester...
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    that city towards Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. The next section (from Coombe Hill) was improved as one of the Tewkesbury roads, again from 1727. The Act...
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    the south-west of Lechlade, near to the confluence with the Thames and Severn Canal. Midway between Withington and Fossbridge the river passes Chedworth...
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    in Great Britain, which crosses the Severn near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, linking England with Wales via the Severn Bridge. This road used to be the M4...
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    of Dean, Gloucestershire Forthampton Court, Gloucestershire Ham Court, Upton-upon-Severn, Gloucestershire, demolished 1926 Highgrove House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire...
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    flows northwest and north to Tewkesbury where it joins the River Avon close to the latter's confluence with the Severn. The Swilgate gained some notoriety...
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    Gloucester. The docks are located at the northern junction of the River Severn with the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. They are Britain's most inland...
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    Tramway (Tram) Tetbury branch line Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Wye Valley Railway Stations Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Cam and Dursley Cheltenham Spa Gloucester...
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    Sharpness, Gloucestershire (category Populated places on the River Severn)
    and eighth largest in the South West England region. It is on the River Severn at grid reference SO669027, at a point where the tidal range, though less...
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    between London and Cardiff when the Severn Tunnel is closed or during electrification works between Swindon and Severn Tunnel Junction. Cheltenham and Great...
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    Bristol West of Bristol, the E30 crosses the River Severn over the Second Severn Crossing. The Severn Bridge is used as an alternative to and from Chepstow...
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    The Severn and Wye Railway began as an early tramroad network established in the Forest of Dean to facilitate the carriage of minerals to watercourses...
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