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Bewdley is a small 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 km) west of Kidderminster and 22 miles (35 kilometres) southwest of Birmingham. [1] It rests on the River Severn, at the entrance 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 vacationer location and also is understood for the Bewdley Bridge made by Thomas Telford. The almost all of Bewdley town is positioned on the western bank of the River Severn, including the major street– Load Street– whose name stems from lode, an old word for ferry. Load Street is remarkable for its width: this is since it once likewise served as the town’s market location. A lot of Bewdley’s stores and facilities are situated along Load Street, at the top of which exists St Anne’s Church, built between 1745 as well as 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 understood locally as “the switchback” because of its many undulations. Unlike in many English towns, High Street is so called not because of its value, yet as a result of its geographical position ‘high’ above the river. On the other side of the church, Welch Gate (so called since it once contained 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 towards the Wyre Forest. To the northeast of the town is the wooded hilltop of Wassel Wood in Trimpley, the southern terminus of Shatterford Hill. In the location between Stourport as well as Bewdley there are numerous huge country houses, amongst which Witley Court, Astley Hall and Pool House are specifically substantial.