Bewdley
Bewdley is a little riverside town and also civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire on the Shropshire border in England, along the Severn Valley 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Kidderminster and also 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Birmingham. [1] It pushes the River Severn, at the gateway 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 popular traveler destination and also is understood for the Bewdley Bridge developed by Thomas Telford. The almost all of Bewdley community is positioned on the western bank of the River Severn, consisting of the main road-- Load Street-- whose name derives from lode, an old word for ferryboat. Load Street is significant for its width: this is because it once additionally functioned as the community's market area. The majority of Bewdley's stores and facilities are situated along Load Street, at the top of which exists St Anne's Church, constructed 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 road understood in your area as "the switchback" due to its several wavinesses. Unlike in several English communities, High Street is so called not as a result of its relevance, but due to its geographical placement 'high' above the river. On the other side of the church, Welch Gate (so called due to the fact that it as soon as included a tollgate when traveling towards Wales) climbs 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 hilltop of Wassel Wood in Trimpley, the southern terminus of Shatterford Hill. In the area between Stourport and also Bewdley there are numerous huge country houses, among which Witley Court, Astley Hall as well as Pool Home are especially significant.
