Bewdley railway station Bewdley railway station Bewdley railway station serves the town of Bewdley in Worcestershire, England. Until 2014 it was the administrative headquarters of the Severn Valley Railway when it moved to Comberton Hill, Kidderminster. It is the principal intermediate station on the line. Bewdley station originally opened in 1862 as one of the main intermediate stations on the 40¾-mile line between Hartlebury and Shrewsbury. The station was operated from opening by the West Midland Railway before being absorbed into the Great Western Railway (GWR). In 1864 the Tenbury & Bewdley Railway opened, with its route through the Wyre Forest branching off
Droitwich Canals Trust Droitwich Canals Trust The Droitwich Canals Trust is an English limited company created in 1973 to work towards the restoration of the Droitwich Canal. From 2001 it worked as part of a larger group, the Droitwich Canals Restoration Partnership, and in 2004, following a successful application for a grant of £4.6 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund surrendered its lease on the canal to British Waterways, who then managed the restoration through to the reopening of the canals in 2011. The Droitwich Canals, consisting of the Barge Canal from Droitwich to the River Severn at Hawford and the Junction Canal