Usk

American

[uhsk] / ʌsk /

noun

a river flowing S and SE from SE Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 60 miles (97 km) long.

Usk British

/ ʌsk /

noun

a river in SE Wales, flowing southeast and south to the Bristol Channel. Length: 113 km (70 miles)

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One of the UK's largest chicken producers and a water company will be in the High Court on Monday accused of polluting the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

The couple are among 4,500 people who have added their names to a legal case which claims industrial scale chicken farming and sewage spills are causing pollution in the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Welsh Water said the case was misguided and it had invested more than £76m in the past five years to improve water quality on the Wye, Lugg and Usk.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Another claimant, Gino Parisi from Raglan, Monmouthshire, was worried about the state of the River Usk.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

The Wye, at the town of Monmouth, and up towards Leominster, is an excellent river for salmon; and the Usk, in the same quarter, is also good for salmon and fine trout.

From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William

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