Talk:River Severn

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How long is it? --zeno 03:42 Jan 14, 2003 (UTC)

Not only that, but where are we measuring from? Presumably there's an area at the top of the Bristol Channel where it becomes tidal, but where does the rather precise 354 km come from? — Trilobite (Talk) 14:06, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The river is tidal up to the two weirs (Llanthony & Maisemore) at Gloucester.

1 Where does it end?
2 Huh?
3 Locks on the River Severn
4 Removed from tidal bore
5 Origin of "Hafren"
6 Edit tags

[edit] Where does it end?

I notice neither this article nor Bristol Channel has any discussion of where one starts and the other ends or exactly what the relationship between the two is. Could someone add that? --87.82.12.159 01:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Well the formal end of the 'Gloucester Harbour' as administered by the Competent Harbour Authority (Gloucester Harbour Trustees), is just downstream of the 'Second Severn Crossing'. Bob aka Linuxlad 09:47, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Huh?

The largest amount of the river goes through a town called Moorings

What does this mean? I've never heard of Moorings, but presumably if the largest part of the river passes through it it must be on the estuary. Can someone clarify this or reword it before I delete it? Graham 14:57, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Well I live about 5 miles away from the two road bridges, and have run or walked most of the river bank from Gloucester to Avonmouth. I think I might have spotted a _town_ called Moorings (as distinct from a few poles in the mud for mooring barges)Linuxlad 22:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

So are you agreeing with me that no such place exists? Or if it does, further upstream, then the other part of the statement must be false. Either way it sounds like nonsense in its current form. Graham 13:19, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Locks on the River Severn

Should there not be a page on the navigation locks on the River Severn? Come to think about it there is only an entry on canal locks and no reference to the fact that locks are also found on several rivers in the UK and many others throughout the world. DonBarton

[edit] Removed from tidal bore

The following text was removed from the tidal bore section. It seems to go off in an unrelated tangent. David D. (Talk) 02:09, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

"The canal was built in the 1820s to enable safer passage of trading ships to Gloucester. Just North of the Port are the remains of the Severn Railway Bridge, which bridged the river until it was badly damaged in a ship collision in 1960. Between Purton and Sharpness is an area known as The Ships' Graveyard, where many disused barges were scuttled along the bank to reduce erosion, which was threatening to destroy the banks of the canal. Several of these barges have 'concrete' sides and were intended for use in World War 2; there have been plans to restore some of them, as of historical interest."

[edit] Origin of "Hafren"

Could "Hafren" (Old Welsh "Habren") be derived from a Celtic term meaning "wide estuary"? In modern Welsh this would be "aber eang". Therefore Aber-eang(or similar)>Abereng>Abren>Habren? After all, the estuary is an obvious feature of the river, being one of the largest in Britain. Any comments/references? ML 24.11.06.