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Although British Rail passenger services continued to 1970, the SVR had a presence in the yard since at least 1968. The yard consists of two through sidings which are accessible from both ends of the station, as well as a number of miscellaneous sidings. No. 1 siding runs parallel to the Down Main and is mainly used to store the [[Demonstration Goods Train]], as well as occasionally by locomotives assigned to [[Bewdley MPD]] or other rolling stock. No. 2 siding is adjacent to No. 1 and passes through the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]], where wagon restoration is carried out by the [[Wagon Department]]. The northern part of No. 2 siding and its headshunt provide access to a dock platform, formerly used for loading goods wagons, now home to three [[List of shops|sales coaches]] and GWR wartime ambulance car [[GWR 5804 Brake Third|5804]] which serves as the [[SVR Apprentices]] group mess coach.
The remainder of the yard is made up of several interconnected dead end sidings. These sidings include the Paint Shop, formerly used to paint passenger and goods rolling stockbut since 2017 used for overhauls of [[GWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First]] and then [[LNER 43612 Open Third]]. The yard is also home to a number of coaches that reside there permanently: GWR sleeper coach [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third|2233]] and Mark 3 sleepers [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper|10569 and Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper 10696]] are used for staff accommodation at Bewdley, and [[GWR 98 Full Brake]] which is used as a workshop and stores for spare parts. In addition, several static [[Goods Wagons | vans]] are used as stores and workshops for [[List of preservation groups |SVR-based preservation groups]].
[[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290]] is the resident shunting locomotive, being used as necessary to shunt rolling stock under repair. In January and February 2015, the yard was contracted to Severn Trent Water as a staging ground for [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_2010-2019#2015|repairs to the Elan Valley Aqueduct]], which runs under the railway near [[Folly Point]].
There are plans to amend the track layout to eliminate the reverse move from the goods shed to access the paint shop, and instead to feed it from the back road and install a second track. It is hoped to re-clad the existing shop and have a second shed over a second track.<ref>Haynes, M., Bewdley Carriage Notes, SVR News No. 199 Autumn 2017, 39</ref>
