It's quite fun really. Sliding down the river banks." Colonel ‘Mad’ Jack Churchill, was the first person to surf the Severn Bore back in 1955. A group of Cornish lifeguards followed his feat ...

This lengthy river reaches incredible peaks before heading southward and creating an immensely powerful tidal bore ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions The Severn Bore is an astonishing natural wonder that has been ...

In Gloucestershire, England, “bore rider” Ben Rogers surfs the river Severn, one of the UK’s longest rivers, which runs several hundred kilometres from mid-Wales to the Bristol Channel.

River Severn anglers have been banned from taking their catch of salmon home with them under new by-laws. The Environment Agency (EA) catch and release rules came into force along the length of ...

The Severn bore is the largest tidal bore in the UK, but for river surfers, it highlights the devastating pollution in Britain's rivers ...

Described as “the greatest ride on earth”, four-star bores are also taking place too which will mean kayakers, surfers and bore enthusiasts will be returning to the banks of the River Severn.