Kidderminster - Kidderminster visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Kidderminster' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Worcestershire.

Kidderminster is a 16th century market town, built deep in the heart of Wyre Forest in Worcestershire. It is a popular tourist destination with many well know tourist attractions, historic places of interest and landmarks in the surrounding area. Kidderminster has recently undergone substantial renovations

For tourism, Kidderminster is known for its historic churches such as St Johns and St Georges amongst its oldest. Much of the town's wealth came from its success in producing fine quality carpets, when the Brintons founded a carpet making business in Kidderminster in 1785. The industry is still strong today, and the local paper is called The Shuttle after the shuttles used on the carpet looms.

As the river Stour runs through Kidderminster, it has become a pleasant place to see whilst explore the canals and waterways of the West Midlands on a canal-boat or barge holiday. In the nearby village of Hurcott is Hurcott Pool, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Kidderminster - Tourist Attractions

The area around Kidderminster has many small villages and towns, each with old buildings and churches. There are also several notable, fee charging, tourist attractions including:

• Kidderminster Railway Museum - museum with a large collection of railway related artefacts dating from the steam age to the present era.
• Devils Spittleful & Blackstone Farm Nature Reserve - important nature reserve full of rare species of animals, plants and fungi.
• Poppy Field - seasonal attraction which can see the greatest density of blooming poppies in the UK turning a whole hillside red.
• Church of St Mary & All Saints - the largest parish church in Worcestershire, dating from the 15th century.
• West Midland Safari Park - 200 acres of safari park with drive round routes and many exotic animals.
• Stone House Cottage - situated in Kidderminster, this cottage has 3/4 acre of walled, planted ornamental gardens.
• Severn Valley Steam Railway - a unique way to see the Severn valley on old steam trains, based at Bewdley about 2.5 miles from Kidderminster.
• Harvington Hall - 3 miles from Kidderminster is this 16th-century gabled brick house surrounded by a moat was home to John Wall, a Roman Catholic priest, one of the last Catholic martyrs in England burned at the stake in 1679.
• Hartlebury Castle - former home of the Bishops of Worcester for over a thousand years and now a museum of the history of the county form Roman times to the present age.
• Bodenham Arboretum - 4 miles from Kidderminster, this National Heritage rated attraction contains over 2700 species of trees and shrubs, landscaped within 156 acres of land.
• Kingsford Forest Park - 200 acres of forest with an Information Centre, a haven for wildlife full of walks and trails.
• Falconry Centre - a must for anyone interested in these amazing birds, based 4 miles east of Kidderminster.
• Staffordshire ↦ Worcestershire Canal - 46 miles of canal linking the Trent and Mersey Canal with the River Severn.
• Witley Court - 8 miles south of Kidderminster, a grand country house devastated by fire in 1937, with parts of the ruins open to the public.
• Holt Castle - 8 miles south of Kidderminster, a 13th and 14th century castle built by John Beauchamp, the first lord Beauchamp of Kidderminster.
• Cleobury Mortimer - just one of the many historic villages in the surrounding area.

Kidderminster Tourist Information Centre
Station Drive,
Kidderminster,
Worcestershire, DY10 1QX
Phone: 01562 829 400

Car: 17Km west of Birmingham (International Airport). Very well connected by motorway, highway and rail.
Train: Kidderminster Rail Station