Bewdley
Bewdley is a little riverside town and civil church 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 as well as 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Birmingham. [1] It rests on the River Severn, at the entrance 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 vacationer destination and is recognized for the Bewdley Bridge created by Thomas Telford. The almost all of Bewdley town is positioned on the western bank of the River Severn, consisting of the main road-- Load Street-- whose name stems from lode, an old word for ferryboat. Load Street is noteworthy for its size: this is since it once likewise acted as the community's market area. Most of Bewdley's shops and services are located along Load Street, on top of which exists St Anne's Church, developed between 1745 and 1748 by Doctor Thomas Woodward of Chipping Campden. Past the church, High Street leads off to the south in the direction of Stourport along the B4194, a roadway recognized locally as "the switchback" due to its lots of wavinesses. Unlike in many English towns, High Street is so called not because of its significance, but due to its geographical position 'high' above the river. On the other side of the church, Welch Gate (so called since it when consisted of a tollgate on the road in the direction of Wales) climbs up considerably as much as the west, while Dowles Road, an extension of the B4194 leads northwest to Dowles and also in the direction of the Wyre Forest. To the northeast of the community is the wooded hill of Wassel Wood in Trimpley, the southern terminus of Shatterford Hill. In the area in between Stourport as well as Bewdley there are numerous huge lodge, among which Witley Court, Astley Hall as well as Pool Residence are especially substantial.
