River Camlad

The Camlad northwest of Chirbury, parting Montgomeryshire from Shropshire

The River Camlad is a modest river in Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, and forming part of the boundary between them in places. Ultimately it enters Montgomeryshire bodily and discharges its waters into the River Severn.

The river rises in Shropshire, in the area between Snead and Lydham. From here it flows westwards, forming part of the county boundary between Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, before flowing northwest out of Shropshire. The Camlad passes through Churchstoke, where the River Caebitra joins it. From Churchstoke it flows north, crossing back into Shropshire, and flows just east of Chirbury before turning west again, and forms the border once again. It turns north-west into Montgomeryshire for the second time to join the River Severn to the west of Forden.

Miscellany

The Camlad is noted as the only river to cross from England into Wales rather than the other way round, and does so twice.

References

• Location map: 52°34’41"N, 3°4’35"W