Visit Kidderminster 

The Arboretum is home to over 300 species of trees and features Britain’s longest Laburnum arch, measuring 65 metres. Popular with nature lovers, families and walkers, Arley Arboretum is a magical place to visit throughout the year, with every season bringing a different breathtaking vista.

Wyre Forest offers a great day outdoors with activities to suit all. Enjoy our 3 way marked walking trails, the family cycle route, bike hire, horse trails, Go Ape, play area and onsite café, all set in an ever-changing window on nature in this breath-taking setting.

At its heart is the much acclaimed Bewdley Museum where you can see local crafts people at work, adjacent to the wonderful Jubilee Gardens and Community Orchard. Bewdley has an attractive shopping and riverside area offering a range of pubs, restaurants and cafes and even has its own micro-brewery.

There are vibrant shopping streets, extensive choice of places to eat and drink, events, attractions and activities, on and by the water in the surrounding picturesque Severn Valley. The restored and unique historic Canal Basins provides a tranquil and picturesque scene as well as events including a Stourport Canal Basins Discovery Trail (on selected days).

Kidderminster Town Hall is the home to a wide variety of events and performances throughout the year. Some one off appearances and quite often you will see some popular recurring events. We see anything from Jazz, Rock, Choir, Comedy, Pantomime and Tribute bands.

Drakelow Tunnels are a former Top Secret underground military complex beneath Kingsford Country Park north of Kidderminster, Worcestershire. The tunnels were built between 1941-1942 as a Shadow Factory for the Rover car company. Parts for aircraft engines were machined in the 3.5 miles of tunnels throughout WWII.

The reservoir was created to supplement the Elan Valley pipeline, which brings wonderful Welsh water all the way to Birmingham. There are walking routes onsite, as well as opportunities for fishing, bird watching & sailing.

Not only is Kidderminster Town Hall the home to a wide variety of events and performances throughout the year, it is also filled to the brim with historic stories and memorabilia.

The Museum of Carpet is run by the carpet museum trust supported by the Friends of the Carpet Museum. Visit our shop for wonderful local books, souvenirs and not forgetting our rugs, woven on our power looms which all come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Known as the ‘People’s Park’, Brintons park is a project to restore the Parks’ heritage to create a beautiful space for future generations. The current park layout is mostly as it was laid out during the period 1880 to 1905, having all the attributes of a late Victorian and Edwardian park. However, over the years some important elements have been lost including the ornamental pond, rustic bridge and lodge, and much of the ornamental planting beds and only remnants survive today.

Broadwaters Park is an area of 2.022 hectares located on the outskirts of Kidderminster. Attractions at this park include a Mill, a Grade 2 listed building park shelter, water course running through the park and beautiful wildlife.

(Photo taken by Robert Hrustinszki)

The Kidderminster Civic Society was founded in 1993 following the demolition of the Kidderminster Library and the Schools of Arts and Science. Their objectives are: the promotion of high standards in planning and architecture, the promotion of education in the geography, history and natural history of the area & the preservation, development and improvement of features of historic and public interest.

The Civic Society has erected a number of plaques since its formation in 1993. Pride of place must go to the Piano Building on Weavers Wharf. The Society was heavily criticised for saving the building by getting it listed in 2003. The Piano Building was described as “useless”. Now it is a showcase asset of the town.

This group’s main aim to actively promote the history & heritage of the Wyre Forest area. On their website you can find information about some of Kidderminster’s historic attractions, as well as those of surrounding lcoal areas within the Wyre Forest area.

(Photo sourced from the WFHRG website)

St. Mary and All Saints is the Parish Church of Kidderminster and has been a centre of Christian Worship since the 15th and 16th centuries. The Medieval building is a Grade I listed. The name Kidderminster tells us that there was an Anglo-Saxon minster here but the exact site is uncertain, however the names of the leading clergy are known from the 12th century onwards and are listed at the west end of the church. The present dark sandstone building dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, but significant restoration was carried out during the 19th century.

Kidderminster became one of the first town of its size (it had a population of about 20,000 people at the time) to have baths, wash house and swimming pool, when the Town Baths opened In Mill Street July 1855.

The move to establish the baths began when some 400 residents submitted a ‘memorial’ to the Town Council in 1851 requesting that the 1846 Baths and Wash Houses Act be adopted (this request itself might have been a response to an outbreak of cholera in the town two years earlier). The Town Council embraced this proposal with enthusiasm and set about to implement the idea.
[Photo source: the baths and wash houses website]