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Stourbridge
Town in the West Midlands, England

Stourbridge

Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England.

Plan a trip to Stourbridge→From Nottingham, Leicestershire

Situated on the River Stour, the town lies around 11 miles west of Birmingham,

at the southwestern edge of the West Midlands Conurbation. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The 2021 UK census recorded the town's population as 56,950.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Red House Glass Cone

    Possibly the only complete glass cone in the country.

  2. 02
    Ruskin Glass Centre

    Wollaston Road, Amblecote, DY8 4HF, info@ruskinglasscentre.co.uk.

  3. 03
    Stourbridge Canal
  4. 04
    Jude Bellingham Mural

    Painted mural of England footballer Jude Bellingham.

  5. 05
    Ned’s Atomic Dustbin Mural

    Painted logo mural of Stourbridge band Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.

  6. 06
    Frank Foley Statue

    Statue of Frank Foley, the British Secret Intelligence Officer who helped thousands of Jewish families escape Nazi Germany during World War II.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Stourbridge Glass Museum

    High Street, Wordsley, Stourbridge DY8 4FB.

  2. 02
    Mary Steven’s Park

    An historic public park opened in 1931, which attracts 1.3 million visitors per year.

  3. 03
    Stourbridge FC
Eat

Where to eat

Balti Bazaar, 1a Pedmore Road, Lye, Stourbridge, DY9 8DJ, info@baltibazaar.net. budget.

  1. 01
    Soffio Lounge

    111 High Street, Stourbridge DY8 1EE (in the centre).

How locals move

Getting around Stourbridge 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: mattbuck (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.