[2][3] The name Worfe is said to derive from the Old English meaning to wander (or meander) which the river is notable for in its middle section.

[6] Soon after, it forms the boundary between Stockton and Badger, before flowing through Worfield to join the River Severn.

Due to the low flow problems affecting the river in its upper reaches, a pipeline was constructed in 1998 between a borehole at Sheriffhales and Ruckley Brook north of the A5.

[11] Mad Brook (also known as Madebrook) rises in Telford Town Park and has until 2014, been largely culverted and polluted.

This was remedied in a clean up campaign by the Shropshire Wildlife Trust, to return the covered sections to daylight and stop pollutants and run-off from poisoning the waters.