a flash of azure blue as a kingfisher flies past. flies kingfisher a as blue azure of flash a

sandstone cross, babbling brooks, historical ferries and ferries historical brooks, babbling cross, sandstone

look on the Council website: www.shropshire.gov.uk website: Council Shropshire the on look

Bring a map, don your boots and discover an ancient an discover and boots your don map, a Bring

For more information pick up a leaflet from the visitor centre or take a take or centre visitor the from leaflet a up pick information more For

Bridgnorth and . and

guided walks, school holiday activities for children and family events. events. family and children for activities holiday school walks, guided

& meadows of the , between Valley, Severn the of meadows & A full events programme is available throughout the year. These include These year. the throughout available is programme events full A

footpath network through the woodlands woodlands the through network footpath

Events

The park acts as a gateway to the excellent the to gateway a as acts park The

meetings (with or without catering) and ranger-led birthday parties. birthday ranger-led and catering) without or (with meetings Car parking at and and Alveley at parking Car •

activities to enrich their education. The room can also be booked for booked be also can room The education. their enrich to activities

Toilets, including disabled facilities and a baby change unit change baby a and facilities disabled including Toilets, • demonstrate charcoal burning and pole-lathe turning. pole-lathe and burning charcoal demonstrate

along and enjoy pond-dipping, minibeast hunts and a range of other of range a and hunts minibeast pond-dipping, enjoy and along

the sight and smell of a bluebell carpet. The craft area is used to used is area craft The carpet. bluebell a of smell and sight the

Request stop for the Valley Severn the for stop Request • There is also a room that is used by visiting school parties who come who parties school visiting by used is that room a also is There

Take a walk through the shady woodland in May and experience and May in woodland shady the through walk a Take

passes through the park the through passes

oebrt ac:11am-4pm March: to November

little creature with a fluffy tail that lives in the trees. trees. the in lives that tail fluffy a with creature little

Route 45 (part of the Sustrans national cycle network) network) cycle national Sustrans the of (part 45 Route •

pnn ie:Arlt coe: 11am-5pm October: to April times: Opening

re-grow. This encourages wildlife like the rare dormouse, a secretive a dormouse, rare the like wildlife encourages This re-grow.

Permanent orienteering trail with 3 levels of difficulty of levels 3 with trail orienteering Permanent •

It is open 7 days a week during the school holidays. school the during week a days 7 open is It by coppicing small areas of hazel and alder and allowing them to to them allowing and alder and hazel of areas small coppicing by

(except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day) Year’s New and Day Boxing Day, Christmas (except . and Bank Holidays Holidays Bank and This is our area of semi-natural ancient woodland. It is managed managed is It woodland. ancient semi-natural of area our is This Easy Access Trail and fully accessible bird hide bird accessible fully and Trail Access Easy •

The Visitor Centre and teashop is open every Wednesday to Sunday to Wednesday every open is teashop and Centre Visitor The

Hall Close Coppice Close Hall corners of the park the of corners

home-made cake! home-made Waymarked trails to help you discover the hidden hidden the discover you help to trails Waymarked Bridgnorth •

relax with a well earned cup of tea and a slice of delicious delicious of slice a and tea of cup earned well a with relax

‘miniature Severn Valley’! Severn ‘miniature

by . Shropshire by with activities for younger people to enjoy while mum and dad dad and mum while enjoy to people younger for activities with

Natural play area with a climbing frame and and frame climbing a with area play Natural •

Severn Valley Country Park opened in 1992 and is now managed managed now is and 1992 in opened Park Country Valley Severn about the history and wildlife of the area. There is also a kids corner kids a also is There area. the of wildlife and history the about

Teashop and picnic areas picnic and Teashop Barnsley •

drainage ditches, re-grading the spoil heap and planting trees. trees. planting and heap spoil the re-grading ditches, drainage

Stanmore information of plenty with centre visitor fantastic a Farboasts mcpark otThe e

embarked on an ambitious project to reclaim the land, installing installing land, the reclaim to project ambitious an on embarked souvenirs and locally made products made locally and souvenirs

Visitor Centre and Teashop and Centre Visitor

Visitor Centre and shop selling maps, guidebooks, park park guidebooks, maps, selling shop and Centre Visitor • until 1986. Shropshire County Council and Bridgnorth District Council District Bridgnorth and Council County Shropshire 1986. until

Following the closure of the mine, the spoil heaps and land lay derelict lay land and heaps spoil the mine, the of closure the Following

Oldbury family. the all for out day fantastic A produced 300,000 tonnes of coal a year. It shut down in 1969. in down shut It year. a coal of tonnes 300,000 produced

Alveley in 1936. At its peak the mine employed 1,000 men and and men 1,000 employed mine the peak its At 1936. in Alveley

animals, some of them quite rare. rare. quite them of some animals,

Coal mining started in Highley in 1878. Production was switched to switched was DProduction an1878. ein sforHighley d in started mining Coal

meadows in the park are full of many species of plants and plants of species many of full are park the in meadows

been loaded onto trows (flat-bottom barges) on the river. the on barges) (flat-bottom trows onto loaded been

Farmcote and ponds woodlands, The country. the in river longest was used to build part of Worcester Cathedral and would have have would and Cathedral Worcester of part build to used was

Harpswood the of sides both spanning views, wonderful and countryside

used to be a centre of industry. Sandstone quarried from the area the from quarried Sandstone industry. of centre a be to used

Severn Valley Country Park offers 126 acres of beautiful of acres 126 offers Park Country Valley Severn

Now an oasis of peace and tranquillity, this part of the Severn Valley Severn the of part this tranquillity, and Qupeace aof tfooasis rdan Now

Eardington award-winning Flag Green experience. countryside delightful

History of The Park The of History In the peaceful, scenic valley of the there awaits a awaits there Severn BRiver o dthe dof ingvalley t onscenic peaceful, the In

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Deuxhill Enville How To Find Us Severn Valley Country Park is located on Hampton Hampton Chapel Lane, Alveley, near Bridgnorth in Shropshire. Loade By car: BirByd train:sgreen By bike: ExploreExplore Follow the brown Take the Severn Valley Follow Route 45 tourist signs from the Railway and request (Mercian Way) from A442 (Bridgnorth to the Country Park Halt Bridgnorth or Bewdley road) A454 A458 B4364 Severn Valley A458 BridgnorthBridgnorth B4363 Discover B4364 BarnsleyBarnsley A458 StanmoreStanmore FarmcoteFarmcote

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A fantastic day out for all the family

It was not affected by the mining.

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Pool is a fantastic place to bring a Not on SAT NAV AlveleyAlveley BillingsleyBillingsley net and go pond-dipping. Look out for systems Romsley Kinver HighleyHighley green woodpeckers flying around the RomsleyRomsley meadows, feeding on yellow meadow B4555 ants. Some of the anthills are very old. Kingsford Arley Shatterford

Your Parks and Countryside Kidderminster Sites Team Foreign Trimpley

Shropshire Council Parks and Countryside Sites Team manages more than 130 parks, Kingsford play areas, woodlands and open spaces across the county. Through consultation and Kidderminster working with local communities, we look afterA theserle sitesy for your enjoyment and to protect wildlife. Three of our sites (including Severn Valley Country Park) have Shatterford been awarded the Green Flag Award. This highlights the high quality that we strive for in managing public open spaces. If you would like to get involved in your local park, through volunteering or attending events or if you have any comments, complaints or compliments, please get in touch: Upper Arley Volunteers Kinlet Tel: 01746 781192 (Severn Valley Country Park) A devoted and enthusiastic group of volunteers meet every Tuesday at 01743 255957 (Shirehall office) the park and do a fantastic job in keeping the park attractive, for people Post: Parks and Countryside Sites Team, Search online for: and wildlife. They are always keen to welcome new helpers and ranger Leisure and Outdoor Recreation Service, Shropshire Council, staff provide all tools and training. severn valley country park Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, , Shropshire, SY2 6ND Please feel free to contact us on 01746 781192 if you would like to help out. www.shropshire.gov.uk [email protected] www.shropshire.gov.uk Kidderminster Foreign Trimpley

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