Long Walkers: Berkeley – 10 miles

Along the way, we will see the The Purton Hulks (or Purton Ships’ Graveyard) which is a number of abandoned boats and ships, deliberately beached beside the River Severn near Purton in Gloucestershire, to reinforce the river banks. Most were beached in the 1950s and are now in a state of considerable decay. The site forms the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

We will also see the Berkeley nuclear power station which is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated on the bank of the River Severn in Gloucestershire. The construction of the power station began in 1956. It had two Magnox reactors producing 276 megawatts (MW) in total – enough electricity on a typical day to serve an urban area the size of Bristol. Electricity generation started in 1962 and ran for 27 years to 1989.