Bewdley
Bewdley is a little riverside town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire on the Shropshire boundary in England, along the Severn Valley 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) west of Kidderminster and 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Birmingham. [1] It lies on the River Severn, at the portal of the Wyre Forest national nature reserve, and also at the time of the 2011 census had a population of 9,470. Bewdley is a prominent tourist location and is understood for the Bewdley Bridge made by Thomas Telford. The main part of Bewdley town is positioned on the western bank of the River Severn, including the primary street-- Load Street-- whose name stems from lode, an old word for ferryboat. Load Street is noteworthy for its size: this is because it when also worked as the community's market area. Most of Bewdley's stores and amenities are located along Load Street, on top of which exists St Anne's Church, constructed between 1745 and also 1748 by Doctor Thomas Woodward of Chipping Campden. Past the church, High Street leads off to the south towards Stourport along the B4194, a road understood locally as "the switchback" as a result of its several wavinesses. Unlike in many English communities, High Street is so called not due to its significance, but due to its geographical setting 'high' above the river. On the other side of the church, Welch Gate (so called due to the fact that it when consisted of a tollgate when driving in the direction of Wales) climbs up outstanding as much as the west, while Dowles Road, an extension of the B4194 leads northwest to Dowles as well as towards the Wyre Forest. To the northeast of the community is the woody hill of Wassel Wood in Trimpley, the southerly terminus of Shatterford Hill. In the location in between Stourport as well as Bewdley there are several huge lodge, among which Witley Court, Astley Hall and also Pool House are especially considerable.