As we approach the end of 2023, the Canal & River Trust’s dredging programme at Gloucester Docks continues to makegood progress with the improvements required for the boating season and major events in 2024. The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal has been dredged down to Monk Meadow Marina with a clear[…]
The Canal & River Trust’s dredging programme at Gloucester Docks has been ongoing for over six weeks as work continues to make the improvements required to maintain suitable navigable depths for boats at the docks. Good progress is continuing to be made with depths of over three metres having been[…]
This two-year dredging project has already removed 20,000 cubic metres of silt from the docks. The silt built up in the docks during the exceptionally dry summer of 2022; was brought into the docks with water from the River Severn which was needed to supply the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal[…]
The Winter Markets return this year with a range of gifts, locally produced foodie products, street food and pop-up bars. Located across historic Gloucester Docks and the Quays, over 90 traders will showcase the best craft, gifts and foods from the Southwest region for you to experience and enjoy. Every[…]
The next phase of the Canal & River Trust’s dredging programme at Gloucester Docks has been in operation for three weeks as the UK’s largest waterways charity works throughout autumn to maintain suitable navigable depths for boats. Land and Water have been working with sub-contractors SE Davis to dredge silt[…]
The next phase of the Canal & River Trust’s dredging programme at Gloucester Docks is due to get underway in the coming weeks. Dredging will be taking place at the docks through the autumn and winter to continue the dredging programme that took place earlier in the year which removed[…]
The annual event that sees the whole of Gloucester come alive with stalls, stands, lively performances and all the pomp and ceremony of the traditional Gloucester Day parade. There will be live music, stalls, and an outdoor bar outside the museum from midday until early evening. Gloucester Day marks the[…]
The Tour of Britain, the UK’s most prestigious cycle race, comes to Gloucestershire this September for stage seven of the 2023 race, between Tewkesbury and Gloucester. Over 100 of the world’s top professional cyclists will be racing in stage seven of the Tour of Britain on a 170-kilometre (105-mile) route[…]
One of the highlights of the city’s vibrant festival calendar, Gloucester Goes Retro is coming back with over 500 classic vehicles filling the historic city centre and Gloucester Docks. There will be famous car brands from yesteryear, with vehicles from the 1900s through the Roaring Twenties and the War Years[…]
The Canal & River Trust are continuing preparations for the next phase of dredging at Gloucester Docks. The next stage of work to improve the depths in the Docks will begin in September. Between April and June a further 9,000m3 of silt was removed with backhoe dredging by contractors Land[…]
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