From Tenby, Lundy is obscured by Caldey Island (which we see here off
shore), but beyond lies Lundy, some 25 miles off and clearly visible on a clear day, rising 400 feet up
out of the Bristol Channel
Some believe that it is derived from the phosphorescent light effect seen around vessels in the nearby Bristol Channel, sometimes referred to by its Russian name 'St Nicholas's Lights'.
The Basingstoke Canal, constructed between 1788 and 1794, was supposed to be part of a waterway linking the Thames
with both the English and Bristol Channels.
Bideford was a busy little quay both for traffic up and down the Taw and
Tamar rivers, and for general coasting trade between the north Devon and
north Cornwall ports, the Bristol Channel and South
By 1848 the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway were keen to promote Brighton as a cross-channel port;
they funded the Brighton & Continental Steam Packet Co, though it was soon found that Newhaven
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