Worcester break 6.

At the Camp House (s.p.b.s) the waters of the River Severn are always flowing downstream, the extent of the tidal impact on the flow of the River being from the Severn Estuary upstream to Gloucester.
The Severn Bore, a moving wave pushing upstream, also does not reach Worcester. The ‘Bore’ results from spring-tides pushing water from the Severn Estuary into the River, to an extent it is presumably a result of the large tidal range in the Severn Estuary, one of the largest in the world at 48 feet difference in the height of the water’s surface between low tide and high tide. In places the Humber also has a large tidal range of perhaps 15 to 20 feet. The impact of spring tides in the Humberside region is not sufficient to create a bore, but with climate change?
Rowing on the River Severn, particularly in Worcester itself, is very popular. The Worcester Rowing Club has its hq. beside the River near the Racecourse and rowing is clearly encouraged as a physical activity by King’s School, a prestigious independent school based partly in the cathedral quarter buildings. Birmingham University also has a boathouse on the opposite bank to King’s School.
Rowing is clearly good exercise although it would be tempting to opt to be the one who sits at the end of the long boats and just gives orders!