River Worfe
| River Worfe | |
 River Worfe near Rindleford | |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Counties | Shropshire |
| Mouth | |
| - location | River Severn |
| - coordinates | 52°33′13″N 2°24′27″W / 52.5536°N 2.4074°WCoordinates: 52°33′13″N 2°24′27″W / 52.5536°N 2.4074°W |
| Length | 28.6 km (18 mi) |
| Basin | 258 km2 (100 sq mi) |
The River Worfe is a river in Shropshire, England. [1][2]
Course
It rises at Crackleybank on Watling Street, just north of Shifnal. It then forms the boundary of that parish with Tong, Donington, and Albrighton. It then passes through Ryton (where it is joined by Wesley Brook), and Beckbury. There it is joined by Mad Brook, which presumably takes its name from rising near the river Severn, but flowing away from it. Soon after, it forms the boundary between Stockton and Badger, before flowing through Worfield to join the River Severn.[3] The river flows downhill to the Severn at an average rate of 10 feet per mile so that between the source and its mouth there is a drop of 200 feet (61 m).[4]
The river has two outlets to the River Severn, of which the southern emerging at Fort Pendlestone was formerly the mill leat serving Pendlestone Mill, the ancient corn mill of the town of Bridgnorth and long belonging to Bridgnorth Corporation.
Due to the low flow problems affecting the river in its upper reaches, a pipeline was constructed in 1998 between a borehole at Sheriffhales and Ruckley Brook north of the A5.[5]
The Severn Rivers Trust carried out remedial works to the river and its banks in March 2015. Six community groups and 27 volunteers installed 5.0 miles (8 km) of fencing, installed numerous eel and fish passes and created 4.6 miles (7.4 km) of new channelling in an effort to improve the rivers ecological status.[6]
References
- ↑ "Worfe - conf Wesley Bk to conf R Severn". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ "Worfe". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ Jacklin, Tim (March 2011). "River Worfe Advisory Visit" (PDF). The Wild Trout Trust. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ Watts, W W (1919). "Shropshire; the geography of the county". Internet Archive. Wilding & Son. p. 20. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "NEP schemes" (PDF). Environment Data. Environment Agency. November 2000. p. 5. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "River Worfe catchment restoration project". Severn Rivers Trust. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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