Tewkesbury boat trip
Join us as we go on a boat trip at Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury to Twyning by River Boat, Gloucestershire, England
A family day out on the River Avon from Tewkesbury to Twyning, Gloucestershire, England; filmed on location by me during our visit to Tewkesbury. On leaving Tewkesbury by boat the first leg of the river is manmade and connects to the river Avon. This part of the river being constructed in the 12th Century was built by the Benedictine monks, from the Monastery in Tewkesbury Abbey and used to supply water to the water wheels built by the Abbey.
A little further down the river and on the left, just before King John's Bridge, Tewkesbury lock can be seen and is unique in the UK as it locks two navigable rivers together, the Avon and the Severn. King John's Bridge, which dates back to the 12th Century, is the oldest bridge on the river Avon. The gardens seen on the right, just before King John's Bridge, are the beer gardens of the oldest pub in Gloucestershire, the Olde Black Bear, dating back to 1308.
Shortly after passing King John's Bridge the river out of Tewkesbury joins the river Avon proper; and just beyond this is Tewkesbury Marina, one of the largest land marinas in the UK with births for over 300 boats.
The boat trip stops off at The Fleet Inn, Twyning, Gloucestershire, for everyone to have a quick lunch and refreshing drink, with an opportunity to observe the ducks and swans, before the boat makes the return journey back to Tewkesbury where on this occasion we pass two canoeists traversing the river just after we pass Tewkesbury Marina.
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Tewkesbury Abbey and Town
Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, is a town that stands at a cross roads, between Wales and England. West to East, North to South , it has played an important role in England's history from Benedictine settlers who founded the Abbey to the Battle of Tewkesbury.
Views of the Abbey and Town in 2019
111. Narrowboat trip up the River Avon from Tewkesbury to Comberton Quay
This is the start of my trip up the River Avon from Tewkesbury to Stratford-upon-Avon. In this episode I leave Tewkesbury and go past three sailing clubs as well as the mooring our family used to use at Bredon, before tackling two ferocious locks and mooring for the night in a tranquil corner of the countryside at Comberton Quay.
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Tewkesbury Town
Tewkesbury Town
Join me for a walk around the lovely riverside town of Tewkesbury in the southwest of England. It's famous for its Abbey, alleyways and black and white Tudor buildings.
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Tewkesbury
July 2016: Mike, Ros & Roxy pooch visit Tewkesbury and visit the , historic town, Abbey and inland waterways.
River Severn, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Video of the River Severn in Tewkesbury.
Tewkesbury to Stratford-on-Avon
with Wye Invader Two July 2019, a 2 day trip via Evesham and Pershore before the return trip to Sharpness.
(This is the correct version, thanks to Philip Taylor for pointing out the error earlier, we've now bought the video editor a map!)
Places to see in ( Tewkesbury - UK )
Places to see in ( Tewkesbury - UK )
Tewkesbury is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Tewkesbury stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook. Tewkesbury gives its name to the Borough of Tewkesbury, of which the town is the second largest settlement. Tewkesbury lies in the far north of the county, forming part of the border with Worcestershire.
The name Tewkesbury comes from Theoc, the name of a Saxon who founded a hermitage there in the 7th century, and in the Old English language was called Theocsbury. An erroneous derivation from Theotokos enjoyed currency in the monastic period of the town's history. The Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on 4 May 1471, was one of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses.
The town features many notable Medieval, Tudor buildings, but its major claim to fame is Tewkesbury Abbey, a fine Norman abbey church, originally part of a monastery. Tewkesbury claims Gloucestershire's oldest public house, the Black Bear, dating from 1308. The Abbey Cottages, adjacent to Tewkesbury Abbey, were built between 1410 and 1412. They were restored 1967 to 1972 by the Abbey Lawn Trust, a building preservation charity.
Today Tewkesbury has no railway station. The nearest is Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station 2.3 miles from the town center. It was the last mainline station in Gloucestershire to be reopened, as British Rail was being fragmented into Railtrack. The nearby Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway has views of Tewkesbury Abbey en route between Cheltenham Racecourse and Winchcombe. Tewkesbury is served by the M5 and M50 motorways and the A38 and A46 trunk roads. There are frequent direct buses to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station and to Cheltenham.
( Tewkesbury - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Tewkesbury . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Tewkesbury - UK
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TEWKESBURY WALK 1997
Lovely interesting walk from Smile Video.
Tewkesbury Abbey: Explore Robert fitzHamon's Parish Church in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
After leaving Cardiff Bay we went to Monmouth Castle. There were only a couple of walls, but the military museum next to it had some interesting stuff. Monmouth Castle was built from 1066-1067 by William fitzOsbern; the same man who built Chepstow. It sits on a hill overlooking the River Monnow. It was briefly held by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, then by Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, who rebuilt the timber structure in stone and added the Great Hall. King Edward II was held as prisoner at Monmouth briefly, and King Henry V, son of Henry Bolingbroke and Mary de Bohun, was born there. Oliver Cromwell had the castle slighted in 1646, and the round tower collapsed after an attack on 30 of March. The Great House was built in 1673 on the site, and is now the home of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Militia and their museum. Following are links to people associated with Monmouth Castle that we are descended from:
William fitzOsbern
Mary de Bohun
King Edward II
Edmund Crouchback
Since Monmouth turned out to be nothing much, we managed to get to Tewkesbury barely in time to go in. As with most churches, except for Canterbury, it was free. We had planned to stay the night around there and visit the abbey the next morning, but I saw a sign for the abbey before we saw any hotels so we stopped. The sign out front (or was it back?) said we had about an hour before they closed the gate, but we left after that time and they were still open. People were arriving so there must have been something going on.
Officially called the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury Abbey is deceptively large and beautiful. Other pictures, taken from vantage points we didn't have access to, give a better indication of the size and building style. Even before entering the church we were impressed by the enormous Deodar Cedar and Copper Beech trees.
Building of the abbey began in 1102 by Robert fitzHamon. He was wounded at Falaise in Normandy and died in 1107, but the work was continued by his son-in-law, Robert fitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester. However, there had been centers of Christian worship on the site, or near to it, since the mid-7th century. The church was made of Caen Stone imported from Normandy and floated up the Severn River.
Following the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471 some Lancastrians fled into the abbey, but the Yorkists forced their way in and slaughtered them. The church was closed for a month so it could be cleaned and re-consecrated. It was surrendered to the Crown at the Dissolution of the Monasteries on 9 January 1539. The townspeople claimed it was their parish church and bought it from the Crown for the value of its bells and lead roof, totaling £453. The bell tower was used as the jail, or gaol, until it was demolished in the late 18th century. The original central tower, the largest Romanesque tower in England, was topped with a wooden spire, but that collapsed in 1559 and was never rebuilt.
Of interest are the church's organs, three of them, one dating to the 17th century though it has been rebuilt several times. Also there are many well known and important people buried there. Below are links to our pages for some of them.
Robert fitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester (we have listed him as Robert the King's Son de Caen)
Robert fitzHamon
Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford
Gilbert the Red Earl de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
Hugh le Despenser - both the Elder and the Younger
Tewkesbury Abbey Official Site
Tewkesbury Abbey on Facebook
Tewkesbury Floods - November 2019
Shows the flooding around different parts of the small Town of Tewkesbury. The area around the River are often saturated in water, and also there are other places where a huge deluge of water has consumed the area. This includes the Severn Ham, Vineyards, and a major road by Morrisons.
Mercifully the floods are nothing like as bad as those seen throughout the area in 2007, following flood prevention measure and defence schemes being implemented around the perimeter of the town.
Unfortunately, there is still building on floods planes throughout the town on the flatlands, where new housing has been gradually built over the last 10 years eg Wheatpieces!!!!!!
(According to BBC News it was suggested that by the end of the weekend the floods had flatlined but levels falling away would take another 36 hours!!)
Unfortunately darkness was falling on the area by mid afternoon; however.. This shouldn't affect viewing and the footage shows a clear indication of the affected areas of flooding.
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Tewkesbury. England
Tewkesbury is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon
Tewkesbury - Floods
Minor Flooding around the Cricket Club in Tewkesbury during late Winter
Royal Visit to Tewkesbury.
HM The Queen visited Tewkesbury in 1971 to distribute the Maundy Money. I shot this footage on Standard 8 Cine & added sound on a magnetic stripe glued to the edge of the film.
This was the year of celebration to mark the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Tewkesbury and the 850th anniversary of the consecration of Tewkesbury Abbey.
Tewkesbury Day 2. Ferry, pub & dinner
Our 2nd day in Tewkesbury, and we take the ferry into town for a nice pub lunch & stroll. We finish the day off with some home cooking & a selection of drinks.
Tewkesbury to Stourport with Wye Invader Two
Tewkesbury to Stourport via Upton on Severn and Worcester with Wye Invader Two
Tewkesbury to Gloucester via the river Severn time lapse