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A notable feature of the [[Severn Valley]] landscape is the large number of wooden shacks, particularly on Hill Farm on the east bank and Hawkbatch Farm on the west bank between [[Northwood Halt]] and [[Folly Point]] with smaller numbers north of [[Arley]] at Bank Farm and at [[Highley]].
Most were built in the 1920s and '30s as holiday homes, with more being added in the 1940s until the introduction of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act. Many are now permanently occupied. There are 380 such shacks in total within the Wyre Forest District.<ref>[http://appswww.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/wfdc_htmlmedia/planning106049/local_plan/html/CHAPTER7_chalAdopted-Site-Allocations-and-Policies-LP-1-.HTM pdf Wyre Forest District Council Planning DocumentLocal Plan]Section 7.103</ref>
It is likely that many were originally based on railway carriages, although after several decades of repairs and extensions, only one retains the outward evidence of this.
