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Blakedown
Village in Worcestershire, England

Blakedown

Blakedown is a village in the Wyre Forest District lying along the A456 in the north of the county of Worcestershire, England.

Plan a trip to Blakedown→From Nottingham, Leicestershire

Its built-up area population was 1,447 in 2021.

Get in

Getting to Blakedown

Accessible via car, train and bus.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Severn Valley Railway
  2. 02
    The Museum of Carpet

    Stour Vale Mill, Green Street, DY10 1AZ, collections@museumofcarpet.org.uk.

  3. 03
    Hartlebury Castle

    Modernised mid-13th century as a fortified manor house and museum.

  4. 04
    Harborough Hall

    This timber-frame, stucoed house dates back to around 1635.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    West Midlands Safari Park.

    200 acres (81 hectares) park with 165 species.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Tappeto Lounge

    Riverside Walk, Exchange Street,.

  2. 02
    Watermill

    Park Lane,.

How locals move

Getting around Blakedown the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: train_photos (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.