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Twice a year, in April and September, people come from all over to watch the Severn Bore, a wave varying in size from nothing more than a ripple to a wall of water several feet high.

Here we see the rolling sea effect of a good-sized Severn Bore.

One of the main problems facing the engineers was that they would have to bore a 690yd tunnel at Cowley.

One of the main problems facing the engineers was that they would have to bore a 690yd tunnel at Cowley.

One of the main problems facing the engineers was that they would have to bore a 690yd tunnel at Cowley.

At the close of the 19th century, Alton bore the stamp of an old country market town, with its bustling streets and striking shop fronts.

Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the terraces, villas and open spaces so typical

The Parade 1890 Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the ter- races, villas

This photograph was taken at the top of this main thoroughfare where it levels out and widens into Bore Street.

The sheep, destined to become English mutton, may look bored, but to these men they are living money.

Fishermen sometimes used to take out adventurous passengers to meet the tidal bore coming in, something that would not be allowed now for safety reasons.

The most plausible theory is that it was named after Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver, who bore this somewhat scathing nickname.

John Wesley himself bore witness to a 'revel' in Dinas Powis on 14 September 1741.

Bore holes were sunk, and during one of these operations salt was struck at a depth of 400 ft.

The ponds stored water to drive waterwheels for powering furnace blowers, forging hammers for working wrought iron, and for driving lathes for boring cannon.

One of many millponds used by the Sussex iron industry.The ponds stored water to drive waterwheels for powering furnace blowers, forging hammers for working wrought iron, and for driving lathes for boring

In 1985-86 Rio Tinto Zinc carried out borings near Peel, Derby Haven and Ballasalla.

When a big spring tide met the river's flow, the aegre, a wave similar to the Severn Bore, was seen at its best here.

The caves were formed about 400 million years ago by the rainwater boring through the limestone.

Just six miles from the Borde, the village of Ford sits on gently rising ground on the right bank of the Till.

The 14th-century Mint House, on the left, was once the home of Andrew Borde - 'merry Andrew' - a former Carthusian Friar, and court physician to Henry VIII.

Along with its neighbouring villages of Betteshanger and Tilmanstone, this settlement was a centre of the short-lived Kent coal industry, which began when coal was discovered when borings for a proposed

Tragedy struck on August Bank Holiday 1917 when three people were drowned as the overcrowded ferry was struck by a tidal aegir - similar to the Severn bore.

The archway to the factory bore the cross of the Knights Templar, who obtained the town's market charter in 1240.