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Bewdley is a little riverside town as well as civil church 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 as well as 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Birmingham. [1] It pushes 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 prominent tourist destination and is understood for the Bewdley Bridge made by Thomas Telford. The main part of Bewdley town is located 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 size: this is because it once additionally worked as the community’s market place. Most of Bewdley’s shops as well as facilities are located along Load Street, on top of which lies St Anne’s Church, developed in between 1745 and 1748 by Doctor Thomas Woodward of Chipping Campden. Beyond the church, High Street leads off to the south in the direction of Stourport along the B4194, a road understood locally as “the switchback” as a result of its lots of undulations. Unlike in lots of English communities, High Street is so called not due to its relevance, but due to its geographical setting ‘high’ above the river. On the other side of the church, Welch Gate (so called since it once included a tollgate when traveling in the direction of Wales) climbs up outstanding approximately the west, while Dowles Road, a continuation of the B4194 leads northwest to Dowles and also in the direction of the Wyre Forest. To the northeast of the town is the woody hill of Wassel Wood in Trimpley, the southerly terminus of Shatterford Hill. In the area in between Stourport and also Bewdley there are numerous big country houses, amongst which Witley Court, Astley Hall and Swimming pool Home are particularly considerable.