On the east of the river Severn, Aust beach is known for its rich store of fossils, a favourite place for palaeontology students from UWE to sneak off for a cigarette. It is at the east end of the “old” Severn bridge (the M48 mororway), although, before the bridge was built, a ferry ran from here to Beachley (on the other side of the estuary), Nowadays, the most famous thing about the ferry is that Bob Dylan was photographed here on the way to a gig in Cardiff in 1966 (spot the huge power pylon in the background).

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