Ludlow put-in

The place name "Ludlow" is thought to come from "lud", the loud rushing of the river through its gorge; the town's medieval mill weirs still step the water down through the centre. From the pontoon the river sits as a slow, deep pool held back by Dinham Weir just downstream, rebuilt at the end of 2013 with a fish pass added, and salmon run through it each November. Mill Street Weir, further down, gained its own fish pass in 2018. Beyond that again, the medieval horseshoe weir at Ludford was already standing by 1241 and is kept in good repair today. Whitcliffe Common's wooded cliffs rise from the opposite bank, with Ludlow Castle and the Grade II listed Dinham Bridge close by on the near side.

The whole River Teme is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1996, with the Downton Gorge and River Clun designations overlapping further upstream. Species recorded on the river include salmon, otters (recovering after a long decline) and barbel. The Teme responds quickly to rainfall: the Environment Agency's gauge at Ludlow normally reads between 0.86 and 3.00 metres, and has recorded a high of 5.22 metres.