Work has begun to repair a 19th Century wooden pier. The 689ft (210m) pier at Sharpness Docks, Gloucestershire, opened in 1874 with the docks and some of its 36ft (11m) wooden legs are original.

Councillors have turned down plans for 300 new homes, a hotel and leisure attractions at a historic site. The multi-million pound development planned for Sharpness Docks also included 100 lodges and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An annual midsummer sea shanty festival is set to be held on the edge of the River Severn near historic and a working docks. It is ...