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The forest covers an area in local terms of 2,634 hectares (6,509 acres, 26.34 square kilometres (10.17 sq mi)) and is noted for its variety of wildlife.Although now the Wyre Forest has been much deforested, it still extends from east of the A442 at Shatterford, north of Kidderminster in the east, almost to Cleobury Mortimer in the west and from Upper Arley in the north to Areley Kings, near ...
The new district was named after the ancient woodland of Wyre Forest, much of which lies within the area. [3] Since 2011, Wyre Forest has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership. Wyre Forest District Council made headlines in June 2024 when it announced that it had banned bouncy castles on council-owned ...
Wyre is a local government district ... the Forest of Bowland, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The borough is named after the River Wyre, which runs ...
Beavers had been hunted to extinction in the Wyre Forest area during the 16th century. To reverse this, in April 2024, a population of 6 Eurasian Beavers (two adults and four kits) were reintroduced to an enclosure on a tributary of Dowles Brook, marking a key point in conservation and reintroduction of native species to the area. [5]
Bewdley (/ ˈ b juː d l i / ⓘ BEWD-lee) is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Severn.It is in the Severn Valley, and is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Kidderminster, 10 miles (16 km) north of Worcester and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Birmingham.
Knowles Mill is a Grade II listed water-powered grain mill, located on Dowles Brook, in the Wyre Forest, Bewdley, Worcestershire. [1] [2] [3] The forest is the UK's largest National Nature Reserve and is administered by Forestry England, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust and Natural England.
The forest is 790 metres above sea level and is located within the Lake District National Park. It has been mostly used as a recreational forest since 1965. [72] [73] Wyre Forest: Worcestershire / Shropshire: 2600 Wyre Forest is among the largest of Britain's ancient forests. Large parts of the forest are within a Site of Special Scientific ...
Chaddesley Corbett is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. The Anglican and secular versions of the parish include other named neighbourhoods, once farmsteads or milling places: Bluntington, Brockencote, Mustow Green, Cakebole, Outwood, Harvington, and Drayton.