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The River Severn flows through Worcester City, overlooked by Worcester Cathedral on its western side.

The ferry is open on Saturday afternoons (also Sunday and Monday on Bank Holiday weekends) from April - September. The boat is called Doris and has been recently renovated. It costs just 50p to cross the river.

The new gates replaced old wooden doors and have been much admired by local residents and visitors to the Cathedral. The gates are on the bank of the river Severn and the area is often deep in water during winter floods. The gates permit the free flow of water through the archway in times of extreme flood.

The swan is set on a plain cylindrical column within a circular area of cobbles. The swan stands facing the river, one foot raised to support a shield with the arms of Kleve shown in low relief. Its neck arches backwards and then forwards as its beak points out across the river, and its wings stretch upwards and outwards. The swan is the symbol of the town of Kleve in Germany, one of the two towns twinned with Worcester (the other being Le Vesinet, France).

The River Severn flows through the heart of the city of Worcester - often flooding over the winter months. It's the longest river in Britain, at 220 miles, running from Pumlumon Fawr in the Cambrian Mountains to the Severn Estuary.

The island used to be known as the Camp because, historically, it served as a place of refuge for Worcester's citizens, whether from Danish raiders, plague or civil war.

The new fish pass is constructed as part of the Unlocking The Severn project. The columns that look like steppingstones break up the flow of the river into varying velocities, which allows native and migratory species of fish of all sizes to swim upriver because they are unable to cross over the weir.

This possibly unsafe  cast iron bridge, crosses a branch of the River Severn to join the tiny Bevere Island. It is said to have been built in 1844, as compensation to the landowner Mr Moon for some inconvenience he presumably suffered when a weir was constructed, and a lock was built on the adjacent leg of the Severn. It was intended for pedestrians and cattle.  Bevere Bridge is a superb example of Victorian craftsmanship probably brought down the Severn on a “flote”, a raft with sides. The first American Locomotive travelled in a similar manner from Stourbridge down to Gloucester The site can only be approached on foot, via footpaths through fields from Bevere village. The bridge was Grade II listed in 1985.