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[[File:OS Folly Point 1901.JPG|thumb|300px|right|1901 OS Map showing Folly Point and the Elan Valley Aqueduct]]
'''Folly Point''' is situated between [[Bewdley]] and [[Arley]], or more specifically between [[Northwood Halt]] and [[Trimpley Reservoirs & Waterworks|Trimpley Reservoir]] north of milepost 139½. 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.
[[Excursions by Railway|An 1863 article describing the railway]] referred to a ford at Folly Point, noting that "''Between Bewdley and Upper Arley the river is full of shoals and rapids. One of these — the Folly ford — must be a great obstacle to the navigation, as the river falls over a ledge of rock which runs directly across the stream, leaving one narrow passage on the west side through which the boats are steered''".
==Preservation==
