Gloucester Docks

Gloucester Docks is an historic area of the city of 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 port.[1]

Gloucester Docks

The docks included fifteen Victorian warehouses, that are now listed buildings.[2] It also contains the Gloucester Waterways Museum (opened 1988) and the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum (opened 1990); the Robert Opie Collection of Advertising and Packaging was also here from 1984 until 2001.

References
  1. http://www.visitgloucester.co.uk/things-to-do/historic-docks-p134613
  2. The Docks Conservation Area (Conservation Area No. 3) Appraisal & Management Proposals. Gloucester City Council, Gloucester, 2007. Archived here.

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