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About Sharpness

Sharpness is a small Gloucestershire port where the River Severn widens toward the Bristol Channel. Take the A38 from Gloucester then the B4066 west, or exit the M5 at Junction 13. The town developed around Sharpness Docks, where the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal meets the Severn - one of Britain's few remaining ship canals that handles seagoing vessels.

Where is Sharpness on the map?

Sharpness is in England, at 51.720, -2.478 - about 17 km north of Abbotside.

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The closest airport to Sharpness is Bristol Airport, 55 km (about 53 min by car).

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