Bewdley
Bewdley is a small waterfront community as well as civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire on the Shropshire boundary in England, along the Severn Valley 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Kidderminster and 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Birmingham. [1] It pushes the River Severn, at the portal of the Wyre Forest national nature reserve, as well as at the time of the 2011 census had a population of 9,470. Bewdley is a preferred tourist location as well as is recognized for the Bewdley Bridge made by Thomas Telford. The almost all of Bewdley town is located on the western bank of the River Severn, including the main road-- Load Street-- whose name derives from lode, an old word for ferry. Load Street is notable for its size: this is because it as soon as likewise worked as the town's market place. Most of Bewdley's stores and services are situated along Load Street, at the top of which lies St Anne's Church, developed 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 recognized locally as "the switchback" as a result of its many wavinesses. Unlike in lots of English communities, High Street is so called not because of its significance, however because of its geographical placement 'high' above the river. On the other side of the church, Welch Gate (so called due to the fact that it once contained a tollgate on the road in the direction of Wales) climbs considerably as much as the west, while Dowles Road, a continuation of the B4194 leads northwest to Dowles and towards the Wyre Forest. To the northeast of the town is the wooded hilltop of Wassel Wood in Trimpley, the southerly terminus of Shatterford Hill. In the location between Stourport as well as Bewdley there are numerous huge lodge, among which Witley Court, Astley Hall and Pool Residence are especially significant.
