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Bewdley is also the headquarters of the Severn Valley Railway, a heritage railway running the 16 miles between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth.
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With the exception of the short section between Bewdley North and Bewdley South signal boxes on the Severn Valley Railway, the GCR is currently the only standard gauge heritage railway in the UK with double track outside of stations.
Bewdley ( 11px pronunciation ) is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, along the Severn Valley a few miles to the west of Kidderminster.
The main part of Bewdley town is situated on the western bank of the River Severn, including the main street — Load Street — whose name derives from lode, an old word for ferry.
A sandy slope locally known as Bewdley Beach, located on the northern Severn side, is used by local residents as a leisure area.
Bewdley is now governed by three tiers of local government ; in increasing order of size: Bewdley town council, Wyre Forest district council and Worcestershire county council.
The single secondary school is The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre.
The Bewdley Festival, featuring a variety of artistic performances, is held in the town each October, and Bewdley also hosts one of the largest inland river regattas in the country.
The successful Bewdley Beer Festival is held each August Bank Holiday weekend.
Bewdley is surrounded by the Wyre Forest, and there are many footpaths and cycle routes through the unspoilt woodlands.
There is a visitor centre situated just outside Bewdley on the road to Cleobury Mortimer, where many waymarked trails through the forest start from.
Just outside Bewdley is Beau Castle, a Victorian mock-Gothic house, built in 1877.
* Will Holland ( Quantic ), musician, DJ and record producer is from Bewdley.
* Former Led Zeppelin lead-and now solo singer Robert Plant lives in the nearby village of Upper Arley, and is a member of Bewdley Tennis Club.
Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster and down stream on the River Severn from Bewdley.
He later became MP for Bewdley, he was owner of the foundry at the end Lombard Street which is now the site of the County Buildings containing the Library, Health Centre, Police Station and Coroners Court.
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Belle Vue Island in Great Malvern is the finishing point for the Worcestershire Way, a waymarked long-distance trail that runs from Bewdley to Great Malvern.
West Midland Safari and Leisure Park is a safari park located in Bewdley in Worcestershire, England.
An annual charity poker run boat race starting from Bewdley is held the first Saturday after Labour Day, with proceeds going to the Children's Wish Foundation.
Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley ( born 3 January 1938 ) is a British educator and Crossbench elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
The next town of Bewdley is now bypassed by a single carriageway road to the South and West, this road being completed in 1987.
Bewdley and also
Bewdley also has a carnival which takes place every June.
Bewdley also has a ghost walk.
He also represented Bewdley in Parliament and served as Governor of South Carolina and of Jamaica.
His eldest son, the second Baron, also sat as Member of Parliament for Bewdley.
A service to / from NR metals to Bewdley has also been proposed over the years.
Bewdley and Severn
The original Severn Valley Railway was absorbed into the Great Western Railway in the 1870s, and in 1878 a link line was constructed from Bewdley to Kidderminster.
The settlement of Wribbenhall, on the eastern side of the Severn, and now part of Bewdley, was recorded in the Domesday Book as being part of the manor of Kidderminster.
Bewdley bridge and Severn Side South, 2003
The River Severn often used to burst its banks in winter, flooding many houses and commercial premises in Bewdley.
Bewdley Bridge over the Severn was built in 1798 by Thomas Telford.
The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway branched off Severn Valley Railway at Bewdley, and ran through the Wyre Forest to Tenbury Wells.
Of these, two are primary schools: St Anne's CE Primary on the west side of town and Bewdley Primary in Wribbenhall on the eastern side of the Severn.
Bewdley Severn Valley Railway station
The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Gardens ( usually abbreviated to simply " Jubilee Gardens ") are tucked away between the rear of Bewdley Museum and the River Severn.
46443 at Bewdley railway station | Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway.
It runs along 8 miles of the River Severn through some beautiful countryside and passing through Bewdley at about half way.
It broke off the main line north of Bewdley and crossed the River Severn at Dowles Bridge, the piers of which still remain.
55006, operating away from home, at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway on 15th October 2004, whilst taking part in the Railcar 50 event.
975008 ( 79612 ) on display at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway on 15 October 2004, as part of the Railcar 50 event.
Today the nearest railway stations are at Highley and Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway, with mainline trains at Ludlow and Kidderminster.
Bewdley, Severn Valley Railway, October 2007
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