A MAN was stopped by police using a horse and carriage to travel across the M48 Severn Bridge.

A spokesperson for Gwent Police said: “We received a report of a man using a horse and carriage to travel on the M48, near Chepstow, at around 5.25pm on Wednesday July 16.”

“Officers attended and issued the rider, a 27-year-old Bristol man, with a TOR (Traffic Offence Report) and he was escorted from the motorway along with the horse and carriage.”

Horse drawn carriageways are prohibited from motorways, alongside the likes of push bikes and 50cc scooters.

A 7.5-tonne weight limit restriction for HGV’s was also introduced recently on the Severn Bridge due to corrosion of the cables on the bridge.