Kinver
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Place details
- Locality
- South Staffordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Kinver
- UK place.population
- 7,225
- UK place.population_ref
- (Kinver Ward) (2011 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- South Staffordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Staffordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Staffordshire
- UK place.post_town
- Stourbridge
- UK place.postcode_area
- DY
- UK place.postcode_district
- DY7
- UK place.dial_code
- 01384
- UK place.os_grid_reference
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- South Staffordshire
- Population
- +7225
- Image
- Kinver-postcard.jpg
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- P190
- Park Ridge
- P8168
- Zlatko Hebib
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- The village today
- The parish
- Transport
- History
- Myths
- Dick Whittington
- Kinver Light Railway
- Kinver Edge rock houses
- Notable people
- Sport
- Drakelow tunnels / Drakelow RGHQ
- Kinver Brewery
- Further reading
- Village twinning
- See also
- References
- External links
Kinver is a large village in the District of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. The nearest towns are Stourbridge, West Midlands, Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal passes through, running close to the course of the meandering River Stour. According to the 2011 census Kinver ward had a population of 7,225.
== The village today ==