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The River Severn has affected the lives of those ... finally emptying into the Bristol Channel. According to some sources, the name 'Severn' is derived from Sabrina (or Hafren in Welsh) and ...
The two Severn bridges linking Bristol and Wales ... about the shipwrecks hidden beneath the surface of the Bristol Channel, but you might not know about the ruined medieval chapel, the vanished ...
In Gloucestershire, England, “bore rider” Ben Rogers surfs the river Severn, one of the UK’s longest rivers, which runs several hundred kilometres from mid-Wales to the Bristol Channel.
The River Severn has the world's second highest tidal range - up ... rapidly becomes narrower and shallower as the rising tide funnels water up from the Bristol Channel. I've known people to get out ...
The bore travels along the Severn Estuary, River Severn and Bristol Channel. In the lower, broader part of the estuary near Avonmouth, the tidal surge advances as a slight roll in the deepwater ...
The River Severn has its source in the Welsh Cambrian mountains before finally emptying into the sea in the Bristol Channel. Along its banks you'll find the historic cities of Shrewsbury ...
Two hundred and twenty miles from its source, the river fans out to form the Severn Estuary before flowing through the Bristol Channel. The Severn's tributaries include the Teme, Stour ...
It's called the Severn Bore but it's certainly not boring. Surfers and kayakers look forward to this world-famous natural phenomenon where they can take to the waves on the Severn Estuary.
The river played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, linking the coal and iron fields of the Midlands with the Bristol Channel. By the 17th century, the Severn was the second busiest river in ...
The River Severn is the longest river in Britain, 220 miles from its source, in the Cambrian Mountains, to the point it pours into the Bristol Channel. It gets wider and more industrial as it ...
Kevin Brady expects to swim more than 10 miles per day to complete the trip in three weeks A man is attempting to become the first person to swim the length of Britain's longest river, the River ...