| 词条 | Severn Valley Country Park |
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| name = Severn Valley Country Park | photo = | photo_width = | photo_caption = | map = | map_width = | grid_ref_UK = SO7522684042 | type = Country park | location = Shropshire, England, UK | free_label = Nearest Village | free_data = Alveley | coords = | area = 126 acres | created = 1992 | operator = Shropshire Council | visitation_num = | status = Open | designation = | awards = Green Flag Award (2014) | open = }}Severn Valley Country Park is a country park in England, located near Alveley, Shropshire, {{convert|8|mi|km}} from Bridgnorth, 7 miles from Kidderminster, roughly central in the Severn Valley.[1] Originally the site of a huge coal mine, it is now a {{convert|126|acre|ha|adj=on}} park consisting of woodland, meadows and riverside banks with views over the River Severn and a Green Flag Award.[2] HistoryThe site was a coal mine for over 400 years, with shafts being put in at Highley in 1870; and the river and then the railway were used to transport the coal.[3] A new shaft was sunk at Alveley in 1935, with production beginning in 1938 and being fully transferred from Highley by 1940.[4] Sidings for the colliery on the Severn Valley Railway opened on 30 January 1939, with coal being transferred to the sidings via a ropeway across the river Severn.[5] The mine finally closed as uneconomic in January 1969.[4] Work started to reclaim the site in 1986; the park was officially opened to the public in 1992.[6] FeaturesSevern Valley Country Park has many walks around the visitor's centre, as well as beside the river, and in the meadows and woodlands. The visitor's centre itself provides information on the park, a café and toilets. There is also a picnic site nearby and a large carpark.[7] There is an additional picnic site near the river and another in a meadow at the top of the woods. Severn Valley Country Park offers parents a wide range of fun activities for kids such as Bird Spotters Packs, Bug Hunting Guides and Butterfly Spotters Packs. Group activities for kids include organised Dinosaur Days, Fossil Hunts, and Pond Dipping Groups. Educational activities for kids include Pond Dipping, Orienteering, Mini-beast Hunts, and River Study events. A lake and bird-hide are located before the car park. The main path runs down to the riverside. The woodland path stretches down to the riverside and is mainly on a boardwalk; it also contains a brook. There is also a walk along the entrance road to a large meadow with a lake and picnic site which joins onto the woodland path. Across the bridleway bridge over the Severn is the Country Park Halt on the Severn Valley Railway which was built in 1996 on the site of the former colliery sidings.[8] References1. ^Severn Valley Country Park 2. ^Shropshire Tourism 3. ^Shropshire Tourism 4. ^1 Shropshire History, Alveley Colliery (retrieved 17 August 2018) 5. ^{{cite book|author1=Mitchell, Vic|author2=Smith, Keith|title=Country Railway Routes, Kidderminser to Shrewsbury|page=53|year=2007|publisher=Middleton Press|location=Midhurst|isbn=978-1-906008-10-9}} 6. ^Shropshire Tourism 7. ^{{cite web|title=Severn Valley Country Park|url=http://www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co.uk/site/severn-valley-country-park/|website=Shropshires Great Outdoors|accessdate=24 September 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=How to get to Country Park and Northwood Halts|url=http://www.svr.co.uk/GetToNorthwood.aspx|website=Severn Valley Railway|accessdate=24 September 2016}} External links
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