17 Facts About River Severn

An alternative theory which has gained favour in recent years does away with Lake Lapworth, suggesting that the upper River Severn flowed beneath the icesheet in a bedrock hollow known as the River Severn Trench eastwards from Melverley to the Ironbridge Gorge.

The River Perry joins on the left bank above Shrewsbury, while both the Rad Brook and the Rea Brook, which flows northeast from its source at Marton Pool near the Welsh border, join the Severn within the town.

The River Leadon enters the tidal West Channel of the Severn at Over, immediately west of Gloucester.

The River Frome is the second significant tributary to enter the tidal stretch of the Severn, doing so at Framilode.

The final tributary before the River Severn Bridge is the collection of streams which enter via Oldbury Pill.

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River Severn is bridged at many places, and many of these bridges are notable in their own right.

Two major road bridges of the River Severn crossing link south eastern Wales with the southern counties of England.

River Severn Tunnel, completed in 1886 by John Hawkshaw on behalf of the Great Western Railway, lies near the Second River Severn Crossing road bridge, and carries the South Wales Main Line section of the Great Western Main Line under the channel.

The original line built before the River Severn Tunnel was the South Wales Railway from Gloucester, that followed the estuary alongside present day stations of Lydney, Chepstow, Caldicot and River Severn Tunnel Junction to Newport.

One of the Aust ferries, River Severn Princess, is still in Chepstow although largely derelict.

In Worcester, the Worcester River Severn Cruises have boat trips up and down the river between Tewkesbury and Stourport, operating the boats The Pride of the Midlands and The Earl Grosvenor.

River Severn becomes tidal close to Maisemore, on the West Channel just north of Gloucester, and at Llanthony Weir on the East Channel.

River Severn Estuary extends to a line from Lavernock Point to Sand Point near Weston-super-Mare.

Phenomenon associated with the lower reaches of the River Severn is the tidal bore, which forms upstream of the port of Sharpness.

However a tidal range greater than that of the River Severn is recorded from the lesser known Ungava Bay in Canada.

The gorge and the village of Ironbridge get their name from the Iron Bridge across the River Severn, built in 1779, which was the first cast-iron arch bridge ever constructed.

River Severn was the inspiration for a number of works by Gloucestershire composer Ivor Gurney, including the songs "Western Sailors" and "River Severn Meadows" .