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About Owain Jones

I am an emeritus professor of Environmental Humanities, Bath Spa University, UK. I trained as a cultural geographer and have published many academic articles and books on various aspects of place, landscape, memory, nature-society relations, and, specifically, on tides and tidal landscpes. I also am involved in other creative enterprises!

Meeting with Lucia Snyderman and Hannah Bassett; Severn Estuary; The Severn Bridge.

Meeting with Lucia Snyderman and Hannah Bassett as they walked the entire length of the Severn Way long distance footpath. Lucia is doing a PhD funded by the Zoological Society in the history of sturgeons in the Severn estuary/river and their possible recovery.  I shared a few references to sturgeons I have in my many Severn Estuary / river books. We walked out on the Severn Bridge to check out the view, and gaze at the amazing, ever-changing patterns in the tidal waters.

Owain Speaking at the Severn Estuary Partnership Annual Forum; Newport (Wales); 10 06 2026.

I was very please to be invited to speak at this event. Thank you.

My presentation was titled: The Severn Estuary: Art, Literature and Tidal Cultures (and me).

Here are a few photos

(Work with Heather Green)
(Bristol Loves Tides – Proxi and Peri – Syzygy Oath)

Tide in the river Usk when arriving – 9 am: and on departure – 4.30 pm.

Up-river –

Down-river –


A few new publications to add to my large collection of books about the Severn Estuary were collected.


I had a small selection of my Severn Estuary books on display, as well as The Severn Eetuary Lexicon written with Heather Green, and our Severn Estuary Book of Books, devised and designed by Heather. See more about Heather’s work here. https://www.heathergreen-art.com/tidal-timespace


And … I was given a nail from the amazing Newport Transporter Bridge! Thanks!!

See about the bridge here on the Severn Estuary Art Atlas.