River Teme

River Teme Welsh: Afon Tefeidiad
The River Teme at Ludlow, Shropshire
Location
Country	Wales, England
Counties	Powys, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire
Physical characteristics
Source	Dolfor
• location	Kerry, Powys, Wales
• coordinates	52°28′18″N 3°19′28″W / 52.47167°N 3.32444°W / 52.47167; -3.32444
• elevation	506 m (1,660 ft)
Mouth	Confluence with River Severn
• location	Powick, Worcestershire, England
• coordinates	52°09′48″N 2°14′44″W / 52.16333°N 2.24556°W / 52.16333; -2.24556
• elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Length	130 km (81 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	River Clun, River Onny, River Corve, Ledwyche Brook, River Rea
• right	Leigh Brook, Kyre Brook

The River Teme (pronounced /tiːm/; Welsh: Afon Tefeidiad) rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown, and flows southeast roughly forming the border between England and Wales for several miles through Knighton before entering England in the vicinity of Bucknell and continuing east to Ludlow in Shropshire. From there, it flows to the north of Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester. The whole of the River Teme was designated as an SSSI by English Nature in 1996.

The river is crossed by a number of historic bridges including one at Tenbury Wells that was rebuilt by Thomas Telford following flood damage in 1795.^[1] It is also crossed, several times, by the Elan aqueduct.^[2]