The canal between just below Saul Bridge, Upper Framilode, and Saul Junction was lost due to a flood prevention scheme. The canal line would have followed the line of the grass bank in the header image.
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Canal: Old Stroudwater
Restoration Phase: n/a
Status: Infilled
Access: Footpath
Updated: 20/01/2018
'Old Stroudwater' is a term that has been adopted to describe the section of the canal between Saul Junction and Upper Framilode.
Before the opening of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, this was the route taken by the Stroudwater Navigation to connect into the River Severn.
Some of the canal in this section is now infilled, and locking into and navigating the river at Upper Framilode, which is also tidal at this point, could be somewhat hazardous.
For these reasons, it is unlikely that this section will be fully restored through to the River Severn.
