Upper Arley
Upper Arley is a village and civil parish near Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England.

Upper Arley is a village and civil parish near Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, the parish had a population of 767 at the 2021 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Upper Arley
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Severn Valley Country Park
Severn Valley Country Park is a country park in England, located near Alveley, Shropshire, 8 miles from Bridgnorth, 7 miles from Kidderminster, roughly central in the Severn Valley. Originally the site of a huge coal mine, it is now a 126-acre park consisting of woodland, meadows and riverside banks with views over the River Severn and a Green Flag Award.
3.7 km · park in Shropshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02The Engine House
The Severn Valley Railway is a standard-gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The 16-mile single-track line runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, calling at four intermediate stations and three request stops, following the course of the River Severn along the Severn Valley for much of its route, and crossing the river on the historic Victoria Bridge.
3 km · transport museum at Highley station on the Severn Valley Railway · Wikipedia
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Getting to Upper Arley
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 41 km · East Midlands (EMA), 82 km · Manchester (MAN), 103 km
- Stations
- Arley railway station, 600 m · Highley railway station, 3 km · Northwood Halt railway station, 3.4 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Upper Arley31 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £3.5–4.5
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Upper Arley100 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–15
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Upper Arley118 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £14–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Upper Arley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Upper Arley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHolyhead's ferry port ensures that the north of Wales is well connected with the whole West Midlands.
From Wikivoyage: West Midlands (region), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Upper Arley
Upper Arley is 31 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Highleyvillage in Shropshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Romsleyvillage in Shropshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Alveleyvillage in Shropshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Coppicegatevillage in Shropshire, England, UK3.2 km
- Pound Greenvillage in Worcestershire, England, UK2.2 km
- Trimpleyhamlet in Worcestershire, England, UK3.5 km