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Kidderminster
Sign in to saveKidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and 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. The town is twinned with Husum, Germany.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Kidderminster
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Clockwise, from top:Town centre, with the Town Hall, fronted by a statue of Sir Rowland Hill; Slingfield Mill Chimney; St Mary and All Saints' Church seen from the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
- UK place.population
- 57,400
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO831767
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kidderminster
- UK place.shire_district
- Wyre Forest
- UK place.shire_county
- Worcestershire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- KIDDERMINSTER
- UK place.postcode_area
- DY
- UK place.postcode_district
- DY10, DY11
- UK place.dial_code
- 01562
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wyre Forest
- UK place.website
- Kidderminster Town Council
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Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and 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. The town is twinned with Husum, Germany.
Situated in the far north of Worcestershire (and with its northern suburbs only 3 and 4 miles from the Staffordshire and Shropshire borders respectively), the town is the main administration centre for the wider Wyre Forest District, which includes the towns of Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley, along with other outlying settlements.