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Wolverley

Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley, it forms a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England.

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The place

Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley, it forms a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It is 2 miles north of Kidderminster and lies on the River Stour and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. At the time of the 2021 census, its built-up area had a population of 1,210. The village has also been known as "Overley" at various times.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Wolverley

10 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.

  1. 01
    Severn Valley Railway

    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.

    3.2 km · Heritage railway in England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Aggborough

    Aggborough Stadium is a football stadium in Kidderminster, England. It is the home ground of Kidderminster Harriers, and has a capacity of 7,000, of which 3,140 can be seated.

    3.6 km · English football stadium · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Caldwall Castle

    Caldwall Castle, also spelt Caldwell Castle and now known as Caldwall Tower, is a former manor house in the town of Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England and only a single tower remains today. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.3 km · ruined ancient manor house in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kidderminster College

    Kidderminster College is a post-16 comprehensive college in Kidderminster, England, providing full and part-time adult education. It offers courses that specialise in hairdressing, engineering, creative industries, business administration and construction, and it collaborates closely with local employers on Skillfast, Train to Gain, and Goskills programmes.

    3.1 km · further education college in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St John's Church, Kidderminster

    St John's Church, Kidderminster is a Church of England parish church in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The church is a Grade II listed building.

    3.1 km · grade II listed church in Kidderminster, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Mary and All Saints' Church, Kidderminster

    St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Kidderminster is a Grade I listed Major Parish Church in the Church of England in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.

    2.6 km · church in Wyre Forest, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster

    The Chester Road North Ground, often referred to simply as Chester Road or Kidderminster, is a cricket ground in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. It is the home of Kidderminster Cricket Club, and is currently used for Worcestershire County Cricket Club's Second XI matches.

    2.8 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Kidderminster Town Hall

    Kidderminster Town Hall is the town hall of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The complex, which includes the corn exchange and the town hall and is the home of Kidderminster Town Council, is grade II listed.

    3 km · town hall in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Peter's Church

    St Peter's Church, Kinver is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Kinver, Staffordshire, England. The church, which contains fragments from a 12th-century Norman structure, dates primarily from the early 14th century with substantial 15th-century extensions.

    3.7 km · church in Kinver, Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St George's Church, Kidderminster

    St George's Church, Kidderminster is a Church of England parish church in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.6 km · church in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Wolverley

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 34 km · East Midlands (EMA), 77 km · Manchester (MAN), 104 km
Stations
Kidderminster railway station, 3.3 km · Kidderminster Town railway station, 3.2 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wolverley
    95 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–15
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wolverley
    119 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £13–18
  • Liverpool → Wolverley
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £14–19
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Wolverley

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 Wolverley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    203 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    216 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    399 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    435 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    459 km

If you know how people move in Wolverley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Wolverley

Wolverley is 25 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Wyre Forestlocal government district in Worcestershire, England2.8 km
  • Cookleyvillage in Worcestershire, United Kingdom700 m
  • Franchevillage in Worcestershire, England, UK2 km
  • Blakeshallvillage in Worcestershire, England, UK1.5 km
  • Caunsallvillage in Worcestershire, England, UK2.1 km