Alney Island

Alney Island

Alney Island is an island in the River Severn near Gloucester. The Severn splits into two channels (known as East Channel and West Channel) at Upper Parting (the northernmost tip of Alney), and merges together again at "Lower Parting" to the south. The island is a strip of land in between the two channels, about 3.5km long (roughly north-to-south) and 1.2km wide at its widest (east-to-west).

Alney consists mostly of low lying farmland, and parts are sometimes subject to flooding when the Severn rises. Castle Meads electrical substation on Alney was turned off when the island was flooded during the Summer 2007 United Kingdom floods [ [http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231754&home=yes&more_nodeId1=231776&contentPK=17906901 This Is Gloucestershire] local news report] .

It is also home to a mobile and static caravan park at Pool Meadow, and several main transport links to Gloucester.

Telford's historic Over Bridge links Alney to Over across the West Channel, and is now pedestrian use only. The A40 and A417 trunk roads cross the West Channel on modern road bridges onto Alney before crossing the East Channel to join Gloucester at the end of Westgate Street. Alney is also crossed by a railway line travelling west from Gloucester.


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