The Severn Valley
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Severn Valley by Jonathan Billinger as part of the Geograph project.
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The Severn Valley
Image: © Jonathan Billinger Taken: 22 May 2007
The river is accessible via the Severn Way which drops down from the course of an old railway, past a sewage works, near Coalport. The proximity of coal, iron ore, and river transport gave this now tranquil stretch of Britain's longest river the honour of being the environment for the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.6033
Longitude
-2.431108