River Tern

River Tern River Tearne
The Tern near Longdon-on-Tern
A map of the Tern and its tributaries. Watershed is shown in cyan.
Location
Country	United Kingdom
State	England
County	Shropshire
City	Market Drayton, Atcham
Physical characteristics

Source	Maer Pool
• location	lake in the grounds of Maer Hall, Staffordshire
• coordinates	52°56′36″N 2°19′03″W / 52.94323°N 2.31742°W / 52.94323; -2.31742
• elevation	114 m (374 ft)

Mouth	River Severn
• location	Attingham Park, Atcham, Shropshire
• coordinates	52°40′42″N 2°39′44″W / 52.67828°N 2.66214°W / 52.67828; -2.66214
• elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Length	30 mi (48 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	River Meese, River Strine
• right	River Roden

The River Tern (also historically known as the Tearne^[1]) is a river in Shropshire, England. It rises north-east of Market Drayton in the north of the county. The source of the Tern is considered to be the lake in the grounds of Maer Hall, Staffordshire. From here it flows for about 30 miles (48 km), being fed by the River Meese and the River Roden, until it joins the River Severn near Attingham Park, Atcham.

Extensive peat bog formerly existed,^[2] extending from Crudgington on the Tern as far as Newport.

At Longdon-on-Tern, the Tern is spanned by the Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct, the world's first large-scale cast iron navigable aqueduct (Benjamin Outram's 13 m cast iron Holmes Aqueduct pre-dated it by a month), designed by Thomas Telford to carry the Shrewsbury Canal. Although no longer connected to the canal network, The 62-yard (57 m) long structure still stands, but is marooned in the middle of a field.

References

^ Secret Shropshire: Field name map of Withington Parish^{[dead link]}
^ Reported in 1838 by John Selby Prideaux and Sir William Jardine, "An attempt to ascertain the Fauna of Shropshire and North Wales", Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol. 2 (1838), p. 538.

v t e Ceremonial county of Shropshire
Unitary authorities	Shropshire Telford and Wrekin
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Bishop's Castle Bridgnorth Broseley Church Stretton Cleobury Mortimer Clun Craven Arms Ellesmere Ludlow Market Drayton Much Wenlock Newport Oswestry Shifnal Shrewsbury Telford (Dawley Madeley Oakengates Wellington) Wem Whitchurch See also: List of civil parishes in Shropshire
Rivers	Camlad Clun Corve Ledwyche Onny Perry Rea Rea Brook Redlake Roden Severn Teme Tern Unk Vyrnwy Worfe
Canals	Llangollen Canal Montgomery Canal Shrewsbury Canal Shropshire Union Canal
Topics	Flag Geology Shrewsbury floods Settlements History (Civil War) Museums Schools Parliamentary constituencies SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Rail transport Windmills

v t e River Severn, Great Britain
Administrative areas	Powys Shropshire Worcestershire Gloucestershire Monmouthshire South Gloucestershire Bristol North Somerset Somerset Newport Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan
Settlements	Llanidloes Newtown Welshpool Shrewsbury Ironbridge Bridgnorth Bewdley Stourport Worcester Tewkesbury Gloucester Berkeley Chepstow Avonmouth
Major tributaries	River Vyrnwy River Tern Cound Brook River Stour River Teme Warwickshire Avon River Wye Bristol Avon River Usk
Flows into	Severn Estuary Bristol Channel
Linked canals	Staffordshire & Worcestershire Worcester & Birmingham Droitwich Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Thames & Severn Coalport Gloucester & Sharpness Stroudwater Navigation Coombe Hill
Major crossings	Welsh Bridge English Bridge The Iron Bridge Mythe Bridge Over Bridge Prince of Wales Bridge Severn Bridge Aust Severn Powerline Crossing Severn Tunnel All crossings of the River Severn
Longest rivers of the United Kingdom Severn Thames Trent Great Ouse Wye Ure/Ouse Tay Spey Clyde Tweed Avon Nene Eden Dee

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