The Severn bore is a tidal bore seen on the tidal reaches of the River Severn in England. Photographed near Minsterworth, Gloucestershire as part of a photo series based on a walk along the 354km length of United Kingdom’s longest river, The Severn.
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1 Severn Source to Hafren Forest, 13km
2 Hafren Forest to Caerswys, 25km
4 Welshpool to Shrewsbury, 40km
6 Shrewsbury to Ironbridge, 30km
8 Ironbridge to Upper Arley, 33km
9 Upper Arley to Worcester, 33km
11 Worcester to Tewkesbury, 30km
13 Tewkesbury to Gloucester, 21km
16 Gloucester to Upper Framilode, 32km
17 Newnham to Gloucester, 31km
19 Upper Framilode to Dursley, 22km
24 Dursley to Severn Bridge, 36km
26 Chepstow to Severn Bridge, 13km
28 Severn Bridge to Avonmouth, 15km
A 488km walk beside the River Severn, Britain’s longest river, from the source on the boggy flanks of Plynlimon in Wales to the industrial landscape surrounding Avonmouth. One of the many fascinating aspects of the river is its huge tidal range which reveals great swathes of sand and mud at low tide in the tidal stretch of the river, below Gloucester.
This page is an index of each of the 28 sections which have their own post complete with maps – click the relevant image or header to see more photos of each section.
A meeting of two of Worcester’s architectural highlights: The Hive and Worcester Cathedral photographed as part of The Severn Project, a walk from Source to Sea along the river Severn.
The Hive which houses Worcester Library is clad in golden alloy tiles made from recycled copper. The building was designed by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and opened in 2012. The irregular cone shape of the roof was inspired by the form of the nearby Malvern Hills.
Worcester cathedral was begun in 1084 and contains Royal Tombs, Medieval cloisters, an ancient crypt and has important parts of the building dating from every century from the 11th to the 16th. Unusually the cathedral has an overall unity yet each architectural period from Norman to Perpendicular remands distinct and legible.
The main basin of Gloucester Docks was the original terminus of the ship canal that ran from Sharpness, opened in 1827. The victorian warehouses and mills at Gloucester were mainly built for the storage and processing of imported corn. The old warehouses, were built with thick brick walls, a slate roof and strong wooden floors supported by cast-iron columns. The many small windows were intended more for ventilation than for light and were originally fitted with shutters rather than glass. The corn was stored in sacks that were lifted up to the required floor by manually operated winches in the loft.
In 2014 Gloucester Docks was converted into a film set for “Alice through the Looking Glass” by Tim Burton with the addition of five tall ships. Here’s a clip from the BBC showing how the docks were transformed for the movie.
Photographed as part of The Severn Project a walk from Source to Sea along the river Severn
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Details of the architecture of Shrewsbury which contains over 660 listed buildings built on an unaltered medieval street plan. Some of the tudor buildings are gloriously wonky and the narrow streets called “shuts” have overhanging window bays that almost touch at second floor level.
Also see the companion post Like tudor hieroglyphs: half-timbered houses of Shrewsbury
Photographed as part of The Severn Project a walk from Source to Sea along the river Severn
Abstractions of some of the handsome half-timbered buildings of shrewsbury.
Photographed as part of The Severn Project a walk from Source to Sea along the river Severn
Part twenty three of a photo series based on a walk along the entire 354km length of United Kingdom’s longest river, The Severn.
This final leg ran 15km from Severn Bridge to Avonmouth. Compare this to the Source of Severn
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Part twenty two of a photo series based on a walk along the entire 354km length of United Kingdom’s longest river, The Severn.
This leg ran 40km through the flooded landscape from Welshpool to Shrewsbury, the hedges acted as a sieve trapping the flotsam from the high water a few days previously.
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Geometry & Silence 