Upper Arley and the River Severn

Worcestershire Walks, Upper Arley

Folder: Worcestershire Walks
A 7m circular walk from the Car Park at Upper Arley in November 2006 via Seckley Woods, Hawkbatch Valleys, pounds Green Common, Coldwell Copse, Birch Farm Trig Point (142m), Severn Lodge and back along thre River Severn.

A beautiful sunny day for November, 7C.

Two fishermen!

02 Nov 2006

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Upper Arley and the River Severn

(2605 views on Panoramio)

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Upper Arley

Upper Arley... "Sheltered to the North and open to the South it has a sunny aspect, and the vine was formally cultivated, with so much success that the wine manufactured, scarcely to be distinguished, Dr Plot tells us, from the best French, even by the most experienced judges; also it was celebrated for producing great quantities of apples especially the Jennet"...John Randall, The Severn Valley (1882)

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Looking upstream along the River Severn from the footbridge at Upper Arley

(3241 views on panoramio)

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The Harbour Inn at Upper Arley

(2261 views on Panoramio)

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Arley Station on the Severn Valley Railway

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Arley Station on the Severn Valley Railway

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Looking back over the Station to the footbridge at Upper Arley

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Looking to the Church of St Peter at Upper Arley

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Looking down to Victoria Bridge over the River Severn

The Victoria Bridge is a 200 ft single span railway bridge crossing the River Severn between Arley and Bewdley in Worcestershire. Opened for traffic on 31 January 1861, the original railway line was closed in 1963. The bridge now carries the operational heritage Severn Valley Railway. Its design is almost identical to Albert Edward Bridge which also spans the Severn at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England, both having been designed by John Fowler. Victoria Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge, with four arch ribs each of nine parts bolted together. The arch elements were cast by the Coalbrookdale Company, and the bridge built by the company of Thomas Brassey, Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Betts. It features in the film 'The Thirty-nine Steps' with Robert Powell in the leading role.
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