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Sterns is a location between [[Hampton Loade]] and [[Bridgnorth]], at the foot of [[Eardington Bank ]] at approximately MP 147. It is the point at which the [[River Severn]] is closest to the railway, and is notorious as a maintenance trouble spot, due to the ground regularly slipping towards the river many times over the history of the railway, especially after periods of heavy rain. The line of telegraph poles adjacent to the railway vividly illustrates this, with one post having been carried away from the line by ground movements since the mid-1970s<ref>SVR News 52 p26 notes that the poles were adjacent to the track until shortly before 1979.</ref>, now only just visible in the trees towards the river.