http://www.h-g-canal.org.uk/

The Hereford to Gloucester canal was begun in 1793 and completed by 1845. Unfortunately it was never the commercial success that it was hoped it would be and it closed in 1885 when it was rented to the Great Western Railway at a cost of £5,000 per year. The GWR then reused some of the route to build to the Gloucester to Ledbury Railway.

The primary objective of the proposers of the Hereford & Gloucester Canal was to transport the coal from pits near Newent, in the hope that Hereford would benefit from cheaper coal.

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The H&G Canal Trust.
You could try this book:

'The Hereford & Gloucester Canal', published by the Pound House, Newent, Gloucestershire.

Nigel C. Jefferies - March 1984, revised December 1996

The Wharf House (01452 332 900) is the Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust's new visitor centre, tea rooms by day and restaurant by night, situated at Over (close to the A417/A40 roundabout 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Gloucester) - all profits are donated to the H&G Canal Trust Charity.