{"id":5203,"date":"2023-07-06T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=5203"},"modified":"2025-07-25T23:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:16:56","slug":"84-sharpness-gloucester-and-chepstow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/84-sharpness-gloucester-and-chepstow\/","title":{"rendered":"84 Sharpness, Gloucester and Chepstow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The scout had got as far as the former Severn Bridge, where it crossed the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, in 2022 and determined to go back and ride along the towpath, perhaps the most interesting way of reaching the city and county town.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, he detrained at Cam & Dursley, this time going in search of the former station\u2019s goods shed, which he had missed in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The present day station is seen from the bridge carrying the A4135 over the railway. Coaley Junction, the original station, closed in 1965, lay in the foreground. The Dursley branch, closed in 1962, curved to the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The goods shed is now surrounded by new housing. The owner was mowing the lawn and was happy to discuss in detail the building\u2019s purchase and sympathetic conversion.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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It had been used by a builder and was in a rough state. When rendering on the lower courses was removed, the brickwork was found to be poor. Finding it impossible to match the red brick, the owner had chosen blue. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The scout took the same route to Berkeley Road, where he found the Prince of Wales Hotel, beside the A38, reopened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beside the entrance to the former station stands a building whose purpose the scout pondered. It could have been connected with the extensive cattle pens which were once on the other side of the entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n