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Where To See The Bore

As a spectacle the bore is worth seeing only between the limits of Overton near Fretherne and Maisemore near Gloucester, and within this length is generally at its best between Minsterworth and Lower Parting, Gloucester. The bore is best seen at two principal points:

(i) Stonebench, on the east side of the river, three and a half miles by road from Gloucester Cross. In some respects this is best avoided due to the lanes becoming choked with vehicles of hopeful viewers.

(ii) Minsterworth, on the western bank, where parking is much easier, there being direct river access at the Severn Bore Inn.

It is also a good spectacle at Over Bridge but it is slightly obscured by the railway bridge.

Click on the map link to show the various viewing points and the relative time of the arrival of the bore compared with high water at Sharpness.

TIME OF THE BORE AT PRINCIPAL VIEW POINTS

Before or after High Water at Sharpness under average conditions

Maisemore Bridge	add 40 mins.
Over Bridge	add 35 mins.
Lower Parting	add 33 mins.
Manor Ditch Bend	add 27 mins.
Upper Rea, Hempsted	add 20 mins.
Stonebench	add 15 mins.
Elmore Back	high water at Sharpness
Minsterworth Ferry	high water at Sharpness
The Denny, Minsterworth	subtract 3 mins.
Severn Bore Inn	subtract 7 mins.
Waterend	subtract 10 mins.
Epney	subtract 20 mins.
Framilode	subtract 25 mins.
Westbury Strand	subtract 45 mins.
Broadoak	subtract 50 mins.
Newnham	subtract 60 mins.
Bullo Pill	subtract 67 mins.
Overton	subtract 78 mins.
The Hock	subtract 85 mins.
Haywards Point, Awre	subtract 90 mins.

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Some of this information on this site (including the B+W images) is sourced from the book "The Severn Bore" by Fred Rowbotham, who was District Engineer of the Severn River Board.
The times for the Severn Bore are calculated from Arrowsmith's Severn Tide Tables. No liability will be held for any inaccuracy in the times displayed.