When the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal was opened, about 1.25 kilometres of the Stroudwater Canal (between the Gloucester and Sharpness and the River Severn) was abandoned. The sign prohibiting swimming seems a little superfluous!
Uploaded to Geograph by David Purchase on 13 August 2017
Photo © David Purchase, 13 August 2017. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence