Upton upon Severn - Hanley Road - Pool Brook

Many thanks to Ray & Tash  for facilitating this camera's location and to Worcestershire County Council  for capitally funding its installation. This camera overlooks the B4211 Hanley Road close to Pool Brook, at one of the first points where rising water can begin to affect the road when the River Severn is in flood. Its position provides a live view of road conditions at a particularly useful location for residents, motorists and those monitoring flooding around Upton upon Severn. Pool Brook has a rather longer journey than its modest size here might suggest. Its headwaters are associated with the Malvern area, including the watercourses around Priory Park, before the brook travels eastwards across the countryside and eventually reaches the River Severn near Upton. The camera therefore sits close to the point where a comparatively small Worcestershire watercourse meets one of Britain's major rivers. The relationship between Hanley Road, Pool Brook and the River Severn makes this a particularly useful location for visual flood monitoring. This low-lying stretch of road is one of the places where changing river and local water conditions can become clearly visible, and the camera provides a straightforward live view of the road so that visitors can see conditions for themselves. As with all Farson Digital Watercams, the imagery is provided as a visual reference and should be considered alongside official flood and travel information when conditions deteriorate. Pool Brook also has an unexpected place in Upton's history. A nineteenth-century account of the town records a “Camp at Pool Brook” during the English Civil War, in the period of military activity around Upton and the strategically important crossing of the River Severn immediately before the Battle of Worcester in 1651. More than three and a half centuries later, this small corner of Hanley Road continues to be an important place from which to watch what is happening around the river.