Wyre Forest in the Stour valley. These supplied iron from manufacture into finished iron goods mainly in the Black Country. Charcoal burning continued into the 20th century. A branch off the Severn Valley Railway known as the "Tenbury Line" once ran through the Wyre Forest. It broke off the main line north of Bewdley and crossed the River Severn at Dowles Bridge, the piers of which still remain. The main track has long been dismantled but the trackbed is now a walking route through the forest. The Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire containing the towns Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport on Severn takes
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway closed on 31 July 1961, although the station at Tenbury remained in use until the section between Tenbury Wells and Bewdley closed for passengers on 1 August 1962 and for freight on 6 January 1964. A number of the station buildings survive in private hands; many share similar architectural features to others in and around the Severn Valley area. For much of its working life it was operated by the Great Western Railway and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways. There were stations at: Tenbury and Bewdley Railway The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway was a railway that ran from