at the rear of Stonehouse Court is Ocean Bridge. This was an iron swing bridge where canal boats would turn. There used to be a repair yard there. The Cotswold Canals Trust are actively restoring the canal. Work is currently underway and plans to also relink it all the way to Saul Junction where it will meet the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. To achieve this, a new railway bridge was constructed at the 'Ocean' during 2021, a new canal cutting to be constructed under the M5 and remodelling of the A38 roundabout near Fromebridge Mill also completed in 2021 so that boats will, effectively, pass under the roundabout. When all this work is finished, boats may be able to navigate from Saul Junction all the way to the centre of Stroud. Further work is needed to link this from Stroud to the Thames. The Ocean is an ideal wildlife nesting location and a variety of ducks, swans, herons, kingfishers and moorhens can be seen. Cotswold Way The national trail, Cotswold Way, passes close to Stonehouse. Sport The football club, Stonehouse Town F.C., located at the north of the town, has four teams, with the top one currently playing in the Northern Senior League. Recreation grounds The town has three public recreation grounds, these are Laburnham Playing Field, just west of the High Street, Meadow Road Park, east of the High Street and at Oldends Lane, in the north of the town next to Stonehouse Football Club. Green spaces and nature reserve On the town side of the A419 next to Court View, near the now derelict Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway is a small nature reserve, fenced off from public access, that contained a colony of great crested newts. Over the years since the estate at Court View has been occupied, the five valleys project were responsible for the reserve and took an annual census of the number of newts. In recent years, the census has stopped and the area remains fenced off without any further count. A plaque at the reserve shows details of wildlife that can be seen there. Pubs In 1838 the whole parish (including Cainscross and Ebley and Westrip) had a total of 33 public houses and beerhouses and in 1891 there were 21 public houses. In the village of Stonehouse in 1901 there were about 14. In 2018 there are two – The Woolpack and The