River Wye boundary, and beyond it at least to Hay on Wye. A horse towing path was added in 1808, but only up to Hereford; previously, as on the River Severn, barges were man-hauled. Money was spent several times improving the River Lugg from Leominster to its confluence with the Wye at Mordiford, but its navigation is likely to have been difficult. The Wye remained commercially navigable until the 1850s, when commercial traffic moved to railways. It is still used by pleasure craft. In 2017 MORE than 600 people took to the River Wye in inflatables ranging from dinghies to paddling pools
Bridge on the River Wye Bridge on the River Wye Bridge on the River Wye is an album by members of the British comedy group "The Goon Show" and other humorists. It was produced by George Martin for EMI's Parlophone Records. It is a parody of the 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai". The record stars Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook, and also features Peter Rawley and Patricia Ridgway, with incidental music composed and directed by Wally Stott. The script was written by Spike Milligan, based on an earlier script by Milligan and Larry Stephens for "The Goon Show",