Article 10 Limits of harbour

The limits within which the Trustees have authority and within which the enactments relating to the harbour apply shall comprise the area of the tideway of the Severn estuary to mean high water springs and lying between the following seaward and inward limits, namely:—

• The seaward limit—a line from the Welsh shore at Redwick in the county of Gwent at reference point ST 41293 83182 (latitude 51° 32.6' north, longitude 2° 50.8' west) due south to the limits of the Port of Bristol as prescribed by Article 3 and Schedule 1 to the Bristol Port and Harbour Revision Order 1972^f1 at reference point ST 41239 78475 (latitude 51° 30.1' north, longitude 2° 50.8' west) and (thereafter conterminous with the limits of that Port) thence north-eastward to the beacon on Denny Island at reference point ST 45932 81017 and thence to the English shore south of Severn Beach in the county of Avon at reference point ST 53780 83720.

• The inward limits—

  1. (a)

     on the river Severn, the foot of the weir at Maisemore in the county of Gloucestershire at reference point SO 81812167 on the western parting of the river and to the foot of the weir known as Llanthony Weir in the city of Gloucester at reference point SO 82191820 on the eastern parting of the river;

  2. (b)

     on the river Wye, the downstream face of Bigsweir Bridge at reference point SO 538051 on the boundary of the county of Gloucestershire and the county of Gwent.

  In this paragraph reference points refer to the map co-ordinates on the National Grid used by the Ordnance Survey and shall be construed as if the words“or thereabouts” were inserted after each such reference point.

Section 12 (Limits of Order) of the Order of 1890 and section 6 (Extension of harbour limits) of the Order of 1963 are hereby repealed.