Some
Historical Information
Built
pre 1600 as a pub close to a ford. The drive in front of the house was
then the A5 road with the present pond base a stable for extra horses to
help coaches in and out of the river when fording. A wooden bridge and
toll house were built in 1637 but floods swept that bridge away about 50
years later. The Toll House is still at the top of the drive. Thomas
Telford designed a new bridge to be built in sandstone which opened in
1792 and was widened for two way traffic in 1948. In 1992 a new bridge
was built for the A5 road to bypass the village which is now much
quieter.
The
house and small farm have been owned since 1950 and has been renovated
in keeping with the "olde style". New leaded windows are as
recent as 1996 but made to an old Elizabethan design. The shield on the
wall facing the drive is to an old Shropshire County design and made by
a local iron foundry to be the end of a tie bar to help support the
wall.
Site
Information
There
are acres of trees, all put in about 1980 and including many of the
damson trees. These are not grown for their fruit, but for the deep
blue/purple before artificial dyes were available.
The
camp site is 1.5 acres along 300m of the river Severn with another 100m
dog walk through the trees. Fishing is possible over the whole of the
400m stretch.
Open
Easter - Autumn (subject to river conditions).
Site
Facilities
Level
grassland
Electric
pitches available
Shower
block (see picture below)
Chemical
disposal point
Hard
access to main road
Village
stores and phone 200m
Pub
meals 300m
Bus
service
Dogs
welcome but must be on lead on site.
Dog
walk area where can be off lead - but owners must have plastic bags to
clear up after pets.
NB
- no children's facilities, the river pitches not recommended for
children,
