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Bristol Channel

An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean stretching west from the Severn River and separating Wales from southwest England. It is a major shipping route.

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Bristol Channel

(Placename) an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)

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Bris′tol Chan′nel

an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, extending to the mouth of the Severn estuary. 85 mi. (137 km) long.

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Bristol Channel - an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England

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And had he not "served his time" in the famous copper-ore trade out of the Bristol Channel, the work of the staunchest ships afloat, and the school of staunch seamen?

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At half-past eleven still proceeding nearly South, we obtained our first view of the Bristol Channel ; and, in fifteen minutes afterward, the line of breakers on the coast appeared immediately beneath us, and we were fairly out at sea.

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The yacht was then in the Bristol Channel, at the entrance to Bideford Bay.

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Have lessons not been learned from disasters?

But it is not just the dumping of nuclear waste, as we should all be protesting vociferously against the actual building of nuclear fission power stations - especially that of Hinkley Point (with Chinese finance), just across the Bristol Channel. To even consider building a nuclear plant on a flat coastline that experiences the second highest tidal range on the planet is bordering on madness!

Building plant on coastline is madness

She will be attempting to swim a total of 220 miles - launching her bid from the source high on a mountain in Mid Wales and finishing at the mouth by swimming into the Bristol Channel and landing at Severn Beach.

Nurse's 220-mile Severn attempt; Melissa in brave swim bid

Mr Twining, an ecologist volunteering on Flat Holm off the coast of Cardiff in the Bristol Channel, was making his breakfast in the island's only farmhouse when he heard a knock on the door.

Island warden tells how three sailors came knocking..

Some experts think the 1607 Bristol Channel floods were also caused by a tsunami.

COULD GLOBAL WARMING BRING TSUNAMIS TO WALES?

This wave was three metres on the Cornish coast and it's very likely it also hit the Bristol Channel.

We asked leading experts about the risk of Wales being hit by a tsunami; Scientists believe the chance, while still low, is greater than before

Cops discovered the corpse at Milkmaid Rock, near Purton, on the Gloucestershire side of the Bristol channel.

Police investigate body found on rocks

But not to Adrian Pearce, 44, of Tiverton, Devon who sailed into the Bristol Channel at Wat chet, Somerset, in his own small boat, Red Cap, and scored his best-ever day's fishing on trips spread over four weeks.