River Tern

	River Tern
	River Tearne
	River
	The Tern near Longdon-on-Tern
Country	United Kingdom
State	England
County	Shropshire
	Tributaries
- left	River Meese, River Strine
- right	River Roden
City	Market Drayton, Atcham
Landmark	Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct
Source	Maer Pool
- location	lake in the grounds of Maer Hall, Staffordshire
- elevation	114 m (374 ft)
- coordinates	52°56′34″N 2°18′54″W / 52.9429°N 2.3149°W
Mouth
- location	confluence with River Severn, Attingham Park, Atcham
- elevation	44 m (144 ft)
- coordinates	52°40′41″N 2°39′45″W / 52.6780°N 2.6625°WCoordinates: 52°40′41″N 2°39′45″W / 52.6780°N 2.6625°W
Length	30 mi (48 km)
	A map of the Tern and its tributaries. Watershed is shown in cyan.

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, designed by Thomas Telford to carry the Shrewsbury Canal. The 62-yard (57 m) long structure still stands today, but is marooned in the middle of a field.

References

↑ Secret Shropshire: Field name map of Withington Parish
↑ 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.

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Ceremonial county of Shropshire
Unitary authorities	Shropshire Council Telford and Wrekin Council
Major settlements	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
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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
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Flows into	Severn Estuary Bristol Channel
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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
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