The Severn bore is not a self-reinforcing solitary wave or soliton but rather a shock wave which is formed because the wave is travelling faster than the wave speed in water above the Bore ( see tidal bore for more details ).

The primary viewpoint at Minsterworth is at the Severn Bore Inn on the A48.

* The Severn Bore Page

* Severn Bore, Surfing Spot South of Minsterworth on BlooSee Exact location and satellite map

* Severn Bore viewing sites ( Environment Agency )

The site was probably chosen because it offered a clear view of the massive Severn Bore, a tidal wave which, under certain conditions, rises near Gloucester and its position within an earlier Iron Age hill fort must also be relevant.

During busy periods, such as the Severn Bore, this road may become busy with parked cars near the river's edge.

Present day, Minsterworth has two pubs, ( The Severn Bore Inn & The Apple Tree Inn ,) one church, St Peter's, a primary school, Minsterworth C of E, and a village hall.

Minsterworth is one of the best places to view the Severn Bore, where people can be seen surfing and water skiing from the local water ski club.

* Information from the Severn Bore Inn Website

Nennius, a ninth-century historian, mentions a " Hot Lake " in the land of the Hwicce, which was along the Severn, and adds " It is surrounded by a wall, made of brick and stone, and men may go there to bathe at any time, and every man can have the kind of bath he likes.

The English quickly built other posts around the southern edge of Hudson Bay in Manitoba and present day Ontario and Quebec, such as at Fort Severn, built in 1689.

D ' Iberville raided Fort Severn in 1690 but did not attempt to raid the well defended local headquarters at York Factory.

The eldest son of a music teacher, Severn was born at Hoxton, near London, and apprenticed at the age of 14 to William Bond, an engraver.

It was also at this time that Severn met, among other notables, the sculptors John Gibson and Antonio Canova, and Lord Byron's friend, the adventurer Edward John Trelawny.

Although he was never able to match his early artistic success in Rome and eventually had to flee his creditors for the Isle of Jersey in 1853, it should be noted that between 1819 and 1857, Severn exhibited 53 paintings at the Royal Academy in London.

Together they had seven children, three of whom became noteworthy artists: Walter and Arthur Severn, and Ann Mary Newton, who married the archeologist and Keeper of Antiquities at the British Museum, Charles Thomas Newton.

Her tragic early death from measles at the age of 32 came as a terrible blow to Severn and adversely affected his own health.

Keats and Severn graves at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome | Protestant Cemetery in Rome.

Severn died on 3 August 1879 at the age of 85, and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery alongside John Keats.

Severn is best known for his many portraits of Keats, the most famous being the miniature portrait in the National Gallery ( 1819 ), the pen-and-ink sketch, Keats on his Deathbed ( 1821 ), and the oil painting of the poet reading, John Keats at Wentworth Place ( 1821 – 23 ).

Severn also painted such works as Cordelia Watching by the Bed of Lear, Shepherds in the Campagna, Shelley Composing Prometheus Unbound, Isabella and the Pot of Basil, Portia with the Casket, Ariel, Rienzi, The Infant of the Apocalypse Saved from the Dragon, a large altarpiece for the church of San Paolo fuori le Mura at Rome, and many portraits of statesman and aristocrats, including Baron Bunsen and William Gladstone.

The National Oceanography Centre, which records tides at tidal gauges placed in about 55 ports of the UK Tide Gauge Network on an ongoing basis, records the highest mean tidal change between 1987 and 2007 at Avonmouth in the Severn Estuary of.

His car is found 2 weeks later at Severn View services in Aust.

Opened in 1971, it is one of Britain's longest National Trails, stretching for from the Severn estuary at Sedbury, near Chepstow, to Prestatyn on the north Wales coast.

The idea seems to have originated in a spoof history essay by Professor David Daube written for The Oxford Magazine in 1956, which was widely believed despite obvious improbabilities ( e. g., planning to cross River Severn by running the ram down a hill at speed, although the river is about 30 m ( 100 feet ) wide at this point ).

In 1790 he designed a bridge carrying the London-Holyhead road over the River Severn at Montford, the first of some 40 bridges he built in Shropshire, including major crossings of the Severn at Buildwas, and Bridgnorth.

( In the last case, Lady Louise and Lord Severn are always ( and without exception ) referred to as such, at the wishes of their parents and by order of The Queen, but are nonetheless thought by some experts to legally retain their princely titles ( i. e. Princess Louise of Wessex and Prince James of Wessex ))

The Severn bore near Over Bridge

The canal ran for from Hereford basin through Ledbury, Dymock and Newent to Over, on the West Channel of the River Severn west of Gloucester, with a short branch at Newent to the coal fields.

In 2000, the Over Canal Basin ( adjacent to the River Severn at Over on the outskirts of Gloucester, where the Canal links with the inland waterways network ) was reconstructed entirely by volunteers from the Canal Trust and the national volunteer body the Waterway Recovery Group.

Over the next four centuries, Norman lords established mostly small marcher lordships between the Dee and Severn, and further west.

The road, known locally as Over Lane, follows the foot of the escarpment which overlooks the Severn floodplain, whereas the motorway follows the ridge.

On the north-west fringe of Patchway Estate, a footbridge ( known locally as the Banana Bridge ) passes over the M5 motorway, and leads to a footpath that passes down over the steep Severn Escarpment into the village of Over.

It is also a mainly agricultural county and can be divided into four distinct regions being: the Cotswolds ; The Severn Vale ; Over Severn and the Forest of Dean.

Over 100 townspeople ' flew ' from the St. Mary's area of the town centre, over the River Severn to land on the Gay Meadow pitch, emulating Robert Cadman's heroic attempt in 1740.

* 1966 – The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.

** The Iron Bridge is erected across the River Severn in Shropshire, the world's first bridge built entirely of cast iron.

The Iron Bridge proprietors also built the Tontine Hotel to accommodate visitors to the new bridge and the industrial sites of the Severn Gorge.

The former Iron Bridge and Broseley railway station, on the Severn Valley line ( GWR ) from Hartlebury to Shrewsbury, was situated on the south side of the Iron Bridge until 1966.

The Severn Bridge seen from the English side of the river.

* The Severn Bridge ()

Prior to 1966 road traffic between the southern counties of Wales and the southern counties of England either had to travel via Gloucester or take the Aust Ferry, which ran roughly along the line of the Severn Bridge, from Old Passage near Aust to Beachley.

From 1879 until its collapse in 1960 the Severn Railway Bridge also carried trains across the Severn from Sharpness to Lydney.

Where the Severn Railway Bridge ( completed in 1879 ) passed over the canal a swing section was constructed to avoid restricting headroom.

John Jerwood passes through Patch Bridge on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, on its way to the River Severn

Until 1 April 2012 the Humber Bridge was the only major toll bridge in the United Kingdom to charge tolls to motorbikes (£ 1. 20 ); others such as the Severn crossings and the Dartford Crossing are free.

The Severn Bridge and Second Severn Crossing charge a toll of £ 5. 70, but this is only collected in one direction.

The Second Severn Crossing Bridge uses Freyssinet cable stays.

His car was found abandoned 17 February 1995 at the Severn View service station near the Severn Bridge, which has since acquired notoriety for being a suicide spot.

The stretch from J18 to the west of Newport was opened in 1966, including the Severn Bridge ( now part of the M48 ).

The existing route over the Severn Bridge was redesignated the M48, and the new M49 was opened to connect the new crossing to the M5.

The M4 crosses the River Severn via a toll bridge, the second of only two on the UK motorway network – the first was the original Severn Bridge, now part of the M48.

* In May 1995 a coach carrying Royal British Legion members left the road close to the Severn Bridge resulting in 10 deaths.