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Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, 20 miles (32 km) south-west of Birmingham and 12 miles (19 km) north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2021 census, it had a population of 57,400. [1] The town is twinned with Husum, Germany.
The Municipal Borough of Kidderminster was a local government district in Worcestershire, that existed from 1835 to 1974. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , to form part of the Wyre Forest District .
The original town hall in Kidderminster was located in the High Street. [3] In the early 1850s, the local member of parliament, Robert Lowe, led an initiative to procure a new civic complex; the site civic leaders selected had previously been occupied by a vicarage.
The largest town is Kidderminster, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley , along with several villages and surrounding rural areas. The district borders Bromsgrove District to the east, Wychavon to the south-east, Malvern Hills District to the south-west, Shropshire to the north-west ...
Worcestershire played one County Championship match at Kidderminster every season from 1921 until 1973, and again each year from 1987 to 2002. Chester Road was then relegated to a Second-XI ground, and the only first-class game at Kidderminster for several years was Worcestershire's 2005 game against Loughborough UCCE, which the university side won by eight wickets.
When administered by Hereford and Worcester County Council in 1977 the Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School, Hartlebury (all Boys Grammar School) merged with the two Kidderminster grammar schools, King Charles I Grammar School for Boys and the Kidderminster High School for Girls, the latter of which was founded in 1868, and moved in 1912 to ...
Kidderminster was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Pages in category "Kidderminster" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...