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Bewdley is a small riverside town as well as 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 kilometres) southwest of Birmingham. [1] It pushes 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 traveler location and is understood for the Bewdley Bridge designed by Thomas Telford. The main part of Bewdley town is situated on the western bank of the River Severn, including the main road– Load Street– whose name originates from lode, an old word for ferry. Load Street is significant for its size: this is due to the fact that it once additionally acted as the town’s market area. Most of Bewdley’s shops and facilities are situated along Load Street, on top of which exists St Anne’s Church, constructed in 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 roadway understood in your area as “the switchback” due to its numerous wavinesses. Unlike in many English communities, High Street is so called not due to its value, but because of its geographical placement ‘high’ over the river. Beyond of the church, Welch Gate (so called because it once consisted of a tollgate on the road towards Wales) climbs up steeply up to the west, while Dowles Road, an extension of the B4194 leads northwest to Dowles as well as in the direction of the Wyre Forest. To the northeast of the town is the wooded hill of Wassel Wood in Trimpley, the southern terminus of Shatterford Hill. In the location between Stourport as well as Bewdley there are several huge country houses, amongst which Witley Court, Astley Hall and also Pool Home are specifically significant.