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River Wye

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Length215 km
Source Plynlimon
Basin size4,136 km2 (1,597 sq mi)
Mouth Severn Estuary
Cities Ross-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye
Hereford
Monmouth
Symonds Yat
Chepstow
Tintern
Builth Wells
Rhayader
Did you knowIt is an important conservation and recreational waterway with its source starting in the Welsh mountains at Plynlimon.
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About River Wye


The River Wye is the fifth-longest river in the UK, stretching some 215 kilometres from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn estuary. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales. The Wye Valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Rise in English bathing sites rated unfit to swim

Rise in English bathing sites rated unfit to swim
Dec 1,2023 2:51 pm

... Many others like the iconic River Wye are so polluted they are at risk of ecocide...

River Wye: Three arrested for murder as police search for missing man

River Wye: Three arrested for murder as police search for missing man
Jul 30,2023 8:11 am

...By Caroline GallBBC News, West MidlandsThree men have been arrested on suspicion of murder as police search for a man believed to have fallen into the River Wye in Hereford...

UK weather: More flood warnings ahead of colder spell

UK weather: More flood warnings ahead of colder spell
Jan 13,2023 1:41 pm

... Natural Resources Wales has issued a flood warning near the River Wye at Monmouth, where a Met Office yellow rain warning is in place across much of Wales until Saturday...

River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes

River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes
Oct 23,2022 9:50 pm

... has explored the problem on the River Wye that straddles the England and Wales border...

River pollution: Man infected with sewage-linked parasite

River pollution: Man infected with sewage-linked parasite
Apr 16,2022 9:15 am

... Both the River Severn and River Wye, which ends in the Severn Estuary, run through Wales and England...

Storm Dudley: Thousands of people lose electricity due to damage

Storm Dudley: Thousands of people lose electricity due to damage
Feb 16,2022 10:39 pm

... " The Environment Agency has two at Keswick Campsite and at the River Wye, at Litton Mill, Derbyshire, and 38 flood alerts, where flooding is possible...

No English river is free from pollution - Parliament report

No English river is free from pollution - Parliament report
Jan 13,2022 3:42 am

... The reports singles out Wales and south-west Midlands where the waste from 20 million chickens may be raising the River Wye s phosphorus levels...

Storm Dennis: nursing home employees carried out by flooding of the tractor

Storm Dennis: nursing home employees carried out by flooding of the tractor
Feb 22,2020 8:48 pm

... Severe flood warnings for the river Lugg and the River Wye in Hampton Bishop are repealed elsewhere, Shropshire Council, said sections of the Coleham flood barriers have been used in Shrewsbury as a precaution due to the expected rainfall...

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