River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, with a length of 220 miles. It is also the river with the most voluminous flow of water by far in all of England and Wales, with an average flow rate of 107 m).Photo: Chrisbayley, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Yummifruitbat, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Afon Hafren” and “Severn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Severn Bridge and Aust Cliff.
Severn Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Sam, Public domain.
The Severn Bridge is a motorway suspension bridge that spans the River Severn between South Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in South East Wales.
Aust Cliff
Cliff
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Aust Cliff is a 5.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to the Severn Estuary, near the village of Aust, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1954.
The Old Ferry Inn, Beachley
Building
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Ferry Inn, Beachley is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aust and Beachley.
Aust
Village
Thornbury is one of the most interesting market towns in South Gloucestershire, known for historic tales of treason, murders and for its modern day array of independent shops.
Beachley
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Wye and Severn, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge over the River Wye begins, both bridges carrying the M48 motorway between England and Wales though the motorway is not directly accessible from the village.
Ingst
Hamlet
Ingst is a hamlet in the parish of Olveston in South Gloucestershire, England. It consists of nine households, most of which are farms with cattle. The M48 motorway passes by the hamlet. Ingst is situated 2 miles southeast of River Severn.
River Severn
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“River Severn” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Severn”
- Arabic: “نهر سيرفن”
- Arabic: “نهر سيفرن”
- Armenian: “Սևեռն”
- Armenian: “Սևերն”
- Asturian: “Ríu Severn”
- Azerbaijani: “Severn çayı”
- Azerbaijani: “Severn”
- Basque: “Severn ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Северн”
- Belarusian: “Сэвэрн”
- Bengali: “সেভার্ন নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “सेवर्न नदी”
- Breton: “Hafren”
- Breton: “Havren”
- Bulgarian: “Севърн”
- Catalan: “riu Severn”
- Catalan: “Riu Severn”
- Cebuano: “River Severn”
- Chinese: “塞文河”
- Chuvash: “Северн”
- Cornish: “Dowr Havren”
- Czech: “Severn”
- Danish: “Severn”
- Dutch: “River Severn”
- Dutch: “Severn”
- Esperanto: “Severn”
- Estonian: “Severn”
- Fijian: “Uciwai Severn”
- Finnish: “Severn”
- French: “Severn”
- Galician: “Río Severn”
- Georgian: “სევერნი”
- German: “River Severn”
- German: “Severn”
- Greek: “Σέβερν”
- Hebrew: “סוורן”
- Hungarian: “Severn”
- Icelandic: “Severn”
- Inari Sami: “Hafrenjuuhâ”
- Inari Sami: “Severnjuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Severn”
- Irish: “Afon Hafren”
- Irish: “An tSabhrainn”
- Italian: “Severn”
- Japanese: “セヴァーン川”
- Korean: “세번강”
- Ladin: “Severn”
- Latin: “Sabrina”
- Latvian: “Severna”
- Latvian: “Sevērna”
- Lithuanian: “Severnas”
- Livvi: “Afon Hafren”
- Lombard: “Severn”
- Luxembourgish: “Severn”
- Macedonian: “Северн”
- Mingrelian: “სევერნი”
- Northern Frisian: “Severn”
- Northern Sami: “Afon Hafren”
- Northern Sami: “Hafrenjohka”
- Northern Sami: “Severnjohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Severn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Severn”
- Norwegian: “Severn”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Severn”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sæfern”
- Ossetian: “Северн”
- Persian: “رود سورون”
- Piemontese: “Severn”
- Polish: “Severn”
- Portuguese: “Rio Severn”
- Russian: “Северн”
- Scots: “Severn”
- Serbian: “Северн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Severn”
- Skolt Sami: “Hafrenjokk”
- Skolt Sami: “Severn”
- Skolt Sami: “Severnjokk”
- Slovak: “Severn”
- Slovenian: “Severn”
- South Azerbaijani: “سورون چایی”
- Spanish: “rio Severn”
- Spanish: “río Severn”
- Spanish: “Río Severn”
- Spanish: “Severn”
- Swedish: “River Severn”
- Swedish: “Severn”
- Tamil: “செவர்ன் ஆறு”
- Telugu: “సెవెర్న్ నది”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเซเวิร์น”
- Turkish: “Severn Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Северн”
- Venetian: “Fiume Severn”
- Welsh: “Afon Hafren”
- Welsh: “Hafren”
- Western Frisian: “Severn”
- Wu Chinese: “塞文河”
- Yiddish: “סעווערן”
- “सेवर्न नदी”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Old Passage and Littleton-upon-Severn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aust Hill and Chepstow railway station.
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