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Kidderminster
Civil parish and human settlement in England

Kidderminster

Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Birmingham and 15 miles (24 km) north of Worcester.

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Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2021 census, it had a population of 57,400. The town is twinned with Husum, Germany.

Get in

Getting to Kidderminster

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 Kidderminster 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: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.