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Thought it would be useful to compile a list of all the known UK bores, courteous of TBRS  Please feel free to add as appropriate.  
 
Dee Bore, Clwyd, Wales  
'...a small bore, upto half a metre, which crosses the border between Wales and England...'  
 
Great Ouse Bore, Norfolk, England  
'...this bore was prominant in the great floods of 1953, when a giant surge sent a two metre bore wayward through the streets of King's Lynn...'  
 
Kent Bore, Cumbria, England  
'...at the northern end of Morecambe Bay, this small bore meanders its way across the Milnthorpe sands...'  
 
Lune Bore, Lancashire, England  
'...we have been informed of a small bore in this river mouth at the southern end of Morecambe Bay, needs confirmation...'  
 
Mersey Bore, Cheshire, England  
'...a very small bore, observed and illustrated by Tricker, occuring shortly after the Dee bore just to its south west...'  
 
Parrett Bore, Somerset, England  
'...a bore reaching about half a metre, that has been observed in several historical accounts, passes through the town of Bridgewater...'  
 
Severn Bore, Gloucestershire, England  
'...the home birth place of bore surfing and the most outstanding bore in the UK reaching upto two metres height, with many associated legends...'  
 
Trent Aegir, Lincolnshire, England  
'...the second most famous bore in England, with a head wave reaching a metre...'  
 
Wye Bore, Gloucestershire, England  
'...very rare, a bore has been observed in this tributary of the Severn Estuary when the tides have reached their maximum range...'  
 
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There are reports of occasional bores on the river Plym, the river Yealm, and the river Erme, in S Devon.
 
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And according to the 'worldwide catalouge of tidal bore occurrences and characteristics' by bartsch-winkler and Lynch, we also have another one in scotland. Namely: the forth (near allon.) This has been recorded at up to 2 feet high. It also lists two Irish bores: The Cashen at 0.5 to 1.0 meters and the Suir-Barrow of the same magnitude.  
A small bore regularly forms on the Avon and can be seen to good advantage around the clifton area of the avon gourge.  
This one is a bit of a surprize to me as the Avon has no estuary of its own, and the bit of severn estuary that it ends up in has'nt really developed even a small swell at that point!  
One or two rumored ones  The Medway near Rochester and the Dovey in mid-wales,.... can anyone confirm  
Also three more that I believe exist and mean to personally check-out one day are:... The tywy and the taf which both flow into Carmarthen bay. ( a large sandy estuary in south wales that would seem to have ALL the neccesarry characteristics for bore formation) Local fishermen talk of having to get out of the rivers with their 'coracles' so as to avoid the 2 foot breaking wave that often precedes the tide!! Apparently, at night you can hear it coming for miles!!  
One more!! As you look at a map of Morecambe bay, you can see Arneside at top-right. This is the place to see the Kent-bore that some of us will already have seen. However, if you look to the left, you can see the other estuary that makes up Morecambe bay:... The Leven estuary. Follow this in-land as it bottle-necks and eventually you will find a village called Greenodd. There is a little bridge across the Leven here, and on a big tide, a rather spectacular little bore crashes up from the estuary, disturbing the lakeland calm!!  
Has anyone come across the two Irish bores I mentioned  
Oh dear, I've gone and written an essay again  Sorry!.... Just get a bit enthusiastic!!  
Simon.
 
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Bude bore: In one of the surfing mags last month there is a picture of Paul and Nigel from Zuma Jays riding up the narrow cannal in Bude. More a sea wave going a long way inland as they surfed the waves repeatedly, but got runs in the region of 800m each time. River was high from rain, plus the huge tides and strong winds at the time made it all work.  
 
The Dovey: Looks as though there should be a bore here, nice wide bay funneling into a small river.......
 
Mark

Possible river Neath bore?
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbtalkwales/F2146578?thread=3966847

last autumn i scored a ride at my nearest break...........river parrat, just 10 miles away. 150 meters prone. i've heard from lodalsw it works much better further down.  problem is ,if the parrat is working, i'm in the severn. having said that, the parrat,at the town bridge, is 2 hours earlier than newnham............now, that means it is definately possible to do both.  an hour and a quarter driving in a muddy wettie, tho'

This is the Dee Bore in 1964.This was my first Bore ride.I also rode the Parrett in the 1980's at about 18 ins.I have lots of pics of the Severn from my first ride in the early 70's up until the present day.I also have pics from the China Bore that I rode twice in 1988.Regards and good luck with the compilation ...Stuart Matthews.

I am looking foward to seeing these pictures, are you going to share some with us. Please

...and the second.
 
M

The Leven Estuary one interests me. All Google searches for the Leven Bore bring up results for what people are referring to as the Arnside Bore, which is actually the estuary below the Leven.
 
The Leven estuary looks really interesting because unlike the others such as the Lune there is no weir to stop it before it reaches the main river. Has anyone here seen it?