River Mersey - when the tide (with bore) comes in at Widnes, Feb 2019
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- Filmed from the riverside footpath, accessed from Parsonage Road, close to the Runcorn Railway Bridge (aka Ethelfleda Bridge or Britannia Bridge), and the Silver Jubilee (aka Runcorn Bridge) Bridge. A 10.1m (at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool) was expected, which is a large spring tide. As the tide front came into view, it rose to form a tidal bore. Once the bore had passed, the tide just carried on coming in, getting louder as the flow rate increased rapidly. It took just 20 minutes from the bore passing, for the tide to cover all the intertidal sand flats that were visible from the filming location.
Only a relative small part of the estuary could be seen from the filming location, but it was impressive to see it fill up with water so rapidly. It’s amazing that the whole processes of filling up the estuary with water, then emptying it, occurs twice daily… and all done with the power of the tide/gravity.
Date filmed: 22nd February 2019
Expected high tide at Liverpool Gladstone Dock: 10.1m @ 13:04
The bore passed the filming location at 11:13
All times GMT. If you are interested in other bores of North West England, search TH-cam for : tidal bore rob bridges
February light,Ethelfleda,Tides & Gravity,only ambient sounds,what a beautiful video,thank you 👍👌🌟
Tidal bores are great. There's something very satisfying about watching a river run in reverse gear.
I've lived in Runcorn nearly all my life and only found out yesterday that the Mersey has a tidal bore, I feel like I've been incredibly unobservant! I'm going to watch the river like a hawk next time I'm at Wigg Island or Pickering's Pasture :) Love the video and like someone else has mentioned I really like that it's just the natural sounds with no music over the top of it.
And to think the whole thing is actually moon- powered. Nature's awesome.
Great video! I could watch bores for hours (and do). Nice work 🙂
Thanks… we have something in common then! :-)
Lovely video....with just the sounds of water, birds....thank you....
Seen this loads of times while waiting on the bridge that crosses the Mersey at Arpley tip,it really is a remarkable sight to see the speed that water comes in at,you’d be hard pushed to to outrun it.
Lived in Liverpool (Waterloo) from 1948 'til 1977 Now in Nevada USA. Always knew the tide was quite rapid but never appreciated it 'til now. Thank you for that. Would love to see a time lapse.
Why would you move here from there.. I'd go back. Lol
@@grady.stu.8300 where is here? Your comment is confusing. Are you in Vegas or Liverpool?
Never knew the Mersey did this as well. Hoping to see one on the Kent tomorrow.
Me neither amazing isn't it lol
Coastsl England: mud, mud, glorious mud!
I walked up from Hale to there a few weeks ago, just about to post the vids, but I've never watched the tide come in before, good job!
Thanks Ian.
@@robbridges5975 you're welcome!
Just wonderful. So relaxing
I was expecting a 20 foot wave with half a dozen scousers on surf boards doing their Hawaii Five-0 thing...c'est la vie.
Like wise lmfao calm down calm down
The Mersey has always been a fast flowing river.
True Felixstowe as well.
Very satisfying, appreciated 👌
Not if you're out on one of the sandbanks!
brings back memories when i used to live in halton.
Wow, there's a 10 m max tidal range in the Mersey. No wonder the tidal movement is so fast.
Cool i love seeing this. I have got same on a video on my TH-cam channel
If you film at the low level railway bridge off Chester Rd. you will get the bore much bigger as it grows towards Warrington town centre!
Cheers!
Thanks for your comment Graham. If you search TH-cam for ‘rob bridges Mersey end of line’ the video in the search results (taken 2019) may interest you.
very nice, thanks!
Grate video
Cool video. Would be just a little bit better if you left the zoom alone. Pretty amazing still.
OMG! I saw this when we were driving to Liverpool Airport!
Hi, can you let me know exactly where you were when you saw it please. I’m keeping records of where it can be seen from. Thanks.
@@robbridges5975 We were about 4-5 miles away from Liverpool Airport when we saw the tidal bore.
Thanks... was that approaching the airport from Widnes side or Liverpool side (sorry for all the questions)?
@@robbridges5975 Liverpool.
Thanks
Very interesting.
Whats it like for shore searching/mud larking or is it too muddy?
Suzy, I wouldn’t recommend going anywhere near the mud. The shores around Widnes and Runcorn contain many buried hazards which you could cut or trap your feet/legs on. If you got stuck and the tide started coming in you would be in serious trouble.
Ot happens everyday in.the.evening, right?
It only happens when conditions are right... a high tide of about 9.5m or more at Liverpool and the river is not swollen... then it will happen twice a day because the tide comes in twice a day.
Dangerous stuff.
For real my mate drown nr there stuck in mud. Lake district camping with Ace.
Do ships sail down here
Only leisure craft, when the tide is in. Years ago there was a dock at Widnes; the remains of the entrance can still be seen about 100m from the filming location.
I'm a tidal bore, I bang on about it twice a day. . . 😖
Hahahaah 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 LMFAO
Can I offer you a piece of advice? Let the object of your filming do the work, it is interesting enough: you don't make it better by moving and panning and closing up. Just film the shot: do less, film more. Just my 5 cents