River guide
River Severn in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire
1 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The Severn at Bewdley sits in Worcestershire, with Dowles running from Dowles Brook towards town. Kidderminster & District Angling Association manages this stretch as part of its Bewdley fishing.
Across the wider Bewdley fishery, the river offers fast shallow water, steady glides and deeper swims — a proper mix of water rather than one uniform run. The association names barbel, chub, dace, roach and perch for that wider fishery.
Close season reminder
Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.
GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fishStretches
1 of 1 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
Access & tickets
Full adult BAA membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December.
£50 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Ripple & Birds Meadow — BAA
Senior BAA membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December.
£40 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Ripple & Birds Meadow — BAA
Junior BAA membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December.
£15 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Ripple & Birds Meadow — BAA
Family BAA membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December.
£100 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Ripple & Birds Meadow — BAA
Infant membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December.
Free (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Ripple & Birds Meadow — BAA
Non-fishing membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December.
£5 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Ripple & Birds Meadow — BAA
Night permit
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Only BAA members may purchase one. Must be bought in advance from BAA headquarters.
£10 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Ripple & Birds Meadow — BAA
Species
We only tag a stretch with a fish when the club names it. Some clubs name fish across all their water rather than stretch by stretch — those are flagged on the card.
| Stretch | Bream | Roach | Pike | Barbel | Chub | Zander |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripple & Birds Meadow — BAA | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Get BAA membership online, by telephone or by post; the 2026 membership year runs from 1 January to 31 December. Under-13 membership is free, and night permits must be bought separately in advance from BAA headquarters.
Club pageFished the river recently?
Pick the stretch you fished and add a 20-second update there — one stretch at a time keeps it useful.
Each stretch page lists its own key rules. You'll need an Environment Agency rod licence on all of them.
River levels
Measured readings straight from the Environment Agency. These are the nearest gauges we've matched — not readings from the stretches themselves.
Measured — Environment Agency
Mythe Bridge gauge
Nearest EA gauge we've matched — it isn't on this stretch, so levels on your peg will differ.
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We don't publish an "ideal level" — nobody can promise one. Flood water is dangerous: if it's up and coloured, stay well back from the edge. Open River Ready
Tips & reports
Our take (editorial, not club advice): on any decent-sized river, a lead that holds bottom without dragging is half the battle — go up in weight before you go up in bait. A bit of extra colour after rain often brings barbel and bream closer in, but a fast-rising, debris-filled river is dangerous; if in doubt, don't. Weather tools built for still lakes don't translate neatly to rivers, so we haven't bolted a lake-style weather score on here.
No angler reports on these stretches yet — we'll only show real ones once our moderated river reports are live.
Where this comes from · checked 11 Oct 2026
- GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish
- Birmingham Anglers Association Limited — ribbesford (baa.uk.com)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.