Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, near the border of Wales. It is located on a peninsula, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge for the River Wye begins, at Grid reference ST552910. Before the construction of the bridge it was a ferry port from where the Beachley Ferry operated until 1966. At that time there was an extremely delightful old hotel and pub there. Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... For the Ontario community, see Severn Bridge, Ontario. ... The Wye at Hay-on-Wye The Wye at Tintern This article is about the river that flows along the Anglo-Welsh border, for the river in Derbyshire see River Wye, Derbyshire. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... The Aust Ferry was a ferry service that operated across the River Severn in Gloucestershire, England. ...

Just after the end of WW I - 1924 - the government decided to set up and maintain a rather higher class Army Apprentice College (AAC)at Beachley. It was to ensure a core of technical qualified soldiers with excellent technical education combined with first class military training as potential NCOs and officers mainly for the specialist corps Royal Engineers and REME. The college was quaintly situated on the edge of the beautiful River Wye - well known to salmon anglers - for many years. The army has now converted this to an infantry barracks. Please see http://www.armyapprenticescollege.homestead.com/

The old ferry slipway is now used by the Severn Area Rescue Association (S.A.R.A) whose lifeboat station is next to the slipway. SARA has been running for over 30 years and it is believed to be the second largest Lifeboat Association (the First being the RNLI). SARA is run totally by volunteers. For the 1944 movie, see Lifeboat (film). ... RNLI Lifeboat at Calshot Spit The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a charity dedicated to saving lives at sea around the coasts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. ...