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'''Folly Point ''' is situated between [[Bewdley]] and [[Arley]], or more specifically between [[Northwood Halt]] and [[Trimpley Reservoirs & Waterworks|Trimpley Reservoir]] north of milepost 139½. It The area, which takes its name from the promontory on the opposite bank of the [[River Severn]], is the narrowest part of the valley along the line, with the River Severn running close to the line and around 40 feet below it. This has made the area prone to landslips both in history and preservation.

==Preservation==The area received attention from the Permanent Way Department in autumn 1976, including lifting, packing and slewing the track.<ref>SVR News 41</ref>. In 1977-78 a school project saw children from Warren Farm School in Birmingham make a number of visits under SVR supervision to help clear the land and improve views around Folly Point.<ref>SVR News 46-47</ref> A major slip in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1980 | 1980]] required excavation of the formationto a depth of 2-3 metres stepped downwards in intervals of 1 metre, installation of new drainage, the insertion of stone filled ‘gabions’ and the lifting of the track by around 18 inches over a length of some 60 feet.Services ran only between Bridgnorth and Arley for several weeks while the work was carried out,<ref>SVR News 55-56</ref><ref name=JM>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 95.</ref> and the slip curtailed the [[Western Locomotive Association]]’s spring diesel weekend.<ref>SVR News 68</ref>  Substantial re-railing was carried out at Folly Point in 1982. Folly Point has some sharp reverse curves and the 'high rail' on the outside each curve is subject to wear on its inside edge as the flanges of each wheel pass, this fault being known as 'side cutting'. On this occasion, rails in better condition recovered from flat bottomed relaying elsewhere on the line were used.<ref>SVR News 63</ref>  In spring 1993 SVR News noted that a tightening up of workshop and inspection procedures had been introduced following an investigation by Chief Engineer [[Alun Rees]] into the causes of a derailment at Folly Point.<ref>SVR News 106</ref> In 2006 the area between [[Trimpley Reservoirs & Waterworks|Trimpley Waterworks]] and Folly Point was relaid with new concrete sleepers and flat bottomed rail.<ref>SVR News 154, 156</ref> The following year, Folly Point was also affected by the [[2007 Storm Damage|freak storms of June 2007]], and was one of the first places along the railway where remedial work began. <ref>SVR News 160</ref> A description of the damage and photographs of the repair work in progress are included [[2007 Storm Damage | here]].