Jeremy Hayden Art Collections

Gloucester Tall Ships Festival

Photos taken at the 2013 Gloucester Tall Ships Festival in the historic Gloucester Docks. The Tall Ships Festival is a bi-annual event held in Gloucester docks. Connected to the Severn Estuary by the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, the Gloucester Docks were, in the 19th century, a key trading centre. The railways, and, perhaps more importantly, the canal system provided trading routes to the growing centers in the midlands.