Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The channel as seen from Barry, Wales The Bristol Channel coast at Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking west towards Lee Bay, with Lundy in the distance. The Bristol Channel is an important area for wildlife, in particular waders, and has protected areas, including national nature reserves such as Bridgwater Bay at the mouth of the River Parrett.
A narrower definition adopted for navigation purposes by some charts includes only the area downstream of the Second Severn Crossing near Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. [9] The definition used on Admiralty Chart SC1179 and the Bristol Channel and Severn Cruising Guide is that the estuary extends upstream to Aust, the site of the Severn ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The Bristol Channel is one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world, due to its huge tidal range of over 14 metres (46 ft) [4] – second only to the Bay of Fundy in Eastern Canada [5] [6] – currents hitting 7 knots (8.1 mph) (faster than many sailing ships of the day); all combining to hide rocks and constantly shifting sand bars.
The Bristol Channel Cutter, also called the Bristol Channel Cutter 28, is an American sailboat that was designed by Lyle Hess as a "character boat" cruiser and first built in 1976. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The boat is based upon Hess's earlier Renegade design.
The Bristol Channel. A number of ships have run aground or sunk in the Bristol Channel, [1] a stretch of water between southern Wales, Devon and Somerset. Cardiff, Barry and Penarth were once the largest coal exporters in the world and the channel received significant traffic at the beginning of the twentieth century during exportation.
Ports and harbours of the Bristol Channel (3 C, 20 P) R. River basins of the Bristol Channel (9 C) S. Shipwrecks in the Bristol Channel (12 P) Swansea Bay (35 P)
Edinburgh Channel Edinburgh Channels: Thames Estuary: LV86: Station established 1889 replacing the S.W. Longsand buoy [17] English and Welsh Grounds Bristol Channel: Light Vessel 72, John Sebastian: Falls 51°18′6″N 1°48′30″E [22] Strait of Dover: North Folkestone Gate Strait of Dover