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Bewdley. Walk up Load Street, turn right after the church then go left up Welch Gate. Fork right at Wyre Hill, continue past Bark Hill then take a stepped footpath by Daisy Cottage. Ignore branching paths and go straight on after crossing a street. Turn right when you come to Yew Tree Lane, then immediately left at a crossroad. Keep straight on to join Drymill Lane and follow it to Dowles Brook. Turn left, then fork right at the next junction and cross the brook. Quite soon after passing Knowles Mill you’ll see a concrete track climbing right. Continue past this for another 100m or so, then take an unsigned path just before a tributary stream. Climb steeply uphill then walk along the top of the cliff above the stream, through oak trees and heather, until the path forks. Take the right-hand branch, follow it to a track and turn left. Ignore branching paths and head towards the road at Buttonoak. Fork right when you’re close to the road, as indicated by a waymark just beyon
FORESTRY England has been working in partnership with Worcestershire County Council to delivering a new natural flood management project at Dowles Brook in Wyre Forest. The project is one of a series of national pilots which are being funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to trial natural ways of lessening the impacts of flooding. The results of these will go on to shape future policy and approaches to flooding across the UK. The project uses natural structures like tree trunks and woody debris to slow the water down. They allow water to pass through at normal levels, but during a storm event when the water levels rise, they are able to hold the water back temporarily.