Editing River Severn (section)

====The tidal river====
[[Paddle steamer]]s were operated in the Severn Estuary from the mid 19th century to the late 1970s by [[P & A Campbell]] of [[Bristol]]. The vessels, ''Cardiff Queen'', ''Bristol Queen'', ''Glen Usk'', ''Glen Gower'' and ''Britannia'' all operated on this route in the 1950s and 1960s.  Since 1986 Waverley Excursions has operated occasional sailings to Sharpness and Lydney by the ''[[MV Balmoral (1949)|MV Balmoral]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/bristol.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804142737/http://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/bristol.htm|url-status=dead|title=Waverley Excursions website|archivedate=4 August 2009}}</ref>

A number of ferries were also operated on the tidal river, for example at [[New Passage]], [[Purton, Berkeley|Purton]] and [[Arlingham]]. The last ferry was the [[Aust Ferry]], which closed in 1966 when the Severn Bridge opened. One of the Aust ferries, ''Severn Princess'', is still in [[Chepstow]] although largely derelict.