The River Severn Estuary at Beachley - Severn Crossing Bridge

River Severn homepage

Project Britain
The River Severn

A Key Stage 2 Resource for Rivers and Coasts

HOMEPAGE :River Severn resource for teachers ks2 key stage 2

Photographs of the River Severn from Source to Sea by Mandy Barrow

Please update you bookmark!

This page has moved to

The River Severn at Beachley

The following photographs were taken standing next to the Old Ferry Inn in Benchley, next to the M48 crossing.

imag: across the river from Beachley
Before the bridge was built, a ferry transported cars across the river here

image: M48 crossing

Notice the different colours on the beach. What do you think the different colours may be?

image: bridge pillar
Bridge pillar

What do you think the green line on the pillar is?

image: Bridge pillar close

Why do you think there are lights on the pillar?

Key Vocabulary

Estuary
The wide mouth of a river.

Silt
A mixture of sand and mud that is carried along than then dropped by the river.