Local Area Guide Kidderminster Local Area Guide – Kidderminster Welcome… As your local estate agent, we thought it might be quite nice to introduce ourselves and share some of our local knowledge. Kidderminster, the largest town in the Wyre Forest District, is famous for the production of quality woven carpets which still today are manufactured in the town. The River Stour and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal flows through the town where boaters, cyclists and walkers can use to access Stourport and the River Severn. The town has mainline rail access to London, Birmingham and Worcester and is also home to the world-famous Severn Valley Heritage Railway. There are also good bus links to neighbouring towns and Birmingham which lies 17 miles to the north east. HomeXperts Kidderminster is a new and vibrant agency who are changing the face of the traditional estate and letting agency model. 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Andrew Burden Branch Director 01562 546 888 [email protected] Local Area Guide – Kidderminster Essentials Banks Parking Nearest branches of major banks Weaver’s Wharf Barclays Black Horse Lane, DY10 1AA 66 Oxford Street T 0345 734 5345 Bromsgrove Street DY10 1PF Halifax 27-28 Vicar St Pike Mills T 0345 600 3934 New Street, DY10 1AF HSBC Police Stations 31 Church St T 0345 740 4404 Kidderminster Police Station Habberley Road, DY11 6AN Lloyds 1 Vicar Street T 0345 300 0000 Post Offices Natwest 19-20 Vicars Street, DY10 1DD 24 High St T 0345 788 8444 27-28 The Horsefair, DY10 2EN RBS Rubbish Collection 55-56 Worcester St Wyre Forest District Council collects T 01562 864176 general waste and recyclables on alternative weeks. General waste is on Santander week 1 and recyclables on week 2. 2, Josiah Mason Mall Visit here for the collection calendar: T 0845 765 4321 http://www.wyreforest.gov.uk/wfdcbi ns.asp Cash Machines Tesco Superstore Castle Road, DY11 6SW Sainsbury’s Carpet Tradesway, DY11 6XP Morrison’s Green Street, DY10 1AZ Local Area Guide – Kidderminster Essentials Hospitals Pharmacies Kidderminster Hospital Kidderminster Pharmacy Bewdley Road, DY11 6RJ 24 Comberton Hill, DY10 1QN T 01562 823424 T 01562 8228 Worcester Royal Infirmary Mid-Counties Co-op Charles Hastings Way, WR5 1DD 46 Linden Avenue, DY10 3AA T 01905 763333 T 01562 753302 The Co-operative Pharmacy Doctors Surgeries 81 Stourport Road, DY11 7BQ T 01562 753046 Kidderminster Medical Centre 24 Coventry St, DY10 2BG The Co-operative Pharmacy T 01562 546740 87 Franche Road, DY11 5BJ T 01562 822135 The Church Street Surgery David Corbet House, Callows Ln, DY10 2JG Council Offices T 01562 745040 Wyre Forest District Council Stanmore House Surgery Wyre Forest House, Linden Ave, DY10 3AA Finepoint Way, DY11 7WF T 01562 822647 T 01562 732928 Visit http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/ Northumberland House Surgery 437 Stourport Rd, DY11 7BL T 01562 745715 Local MP MP Mark Garnier Vets 9a Lower Mill Street, DY11 6UU T 01562 746 771 Vale Veterinary Group Visit www.markgarnier.co.uk 28 Birmingham Road, DY10 2DA T 01562 822692 Shepherd’s Vet Centre Comberton Hill, DY10 1QH T 01562 822986 Wyre Forest Veterinary Centre 2 Marlpool Lane, DY11 5DA Local Area Guide – Kidderminster Transport Mainline Trains Airports Blakedown Station Birmingham International Mill Lane 60 mins from Kidderminster DY10 3LF www.birminghamairport.co.uk Website Hartlebury Station Station Road DY10 4HB Website Kidderminster Station Station Approach, Comberton Road DY10 1QZ Website Buses 291 to Bewdley 192 to Blakedown 297 to Bridgnorth 42 to Bromsgrove 133 to Droitwich Spa 303 to Hartlebury 294 / 295 to Worcester Taxis Central Taxis T 01562 515131 Regency Taxis T 01562 66666 Private Hire Luxury Travel Kidderminster T 01562 755545 Local Area Guide – Kidderminster Education Nurseries Secondary Schools Railway Children Childcare Centre Wolverley C of E Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Blakeshall Lane, Wolverley, DY11 5XQ DY10 1QX T 01562 859800 T 01562 740182 Baxter College Barnabee’s Pre School Habberley Road, DY11 5PQ Wolverley Road, DY11 5JN T 01562 741524 T 01562 824722 King Charles I School Deerhurst Day Nursery Comberton Road, DY10 1XA 182 Franche Road, DY11 5AD T 01562 512880 T 01562 823569 Holy Trinity School Birmingham Road, DY10 2BY Primary Schools T 01562 822929 Comberton Primary School Borrington Road, DY10 3ED Useful Stuff T 01562 754704 Hairdressers Heronswood Primary School Nikki’s Hair Salon Heronswood Road, DY10 4EX 97 Comberton Hill, DY10 1QH T 01562 69750 T 01562 747936 St Ambrose’s Catholic Primary School Harpers Hair Salon Leswell Street, DY10 1RP Prospect Hill, DY10 1PA T 01562 823568 T 01562 820212 St Mary’s C of E Primary School Andrea Beers Stoney Lane, DY10 2LX Mill Street, DY11 6XG T 01562 824327 T 01562 754545 Foley Park Community The Studio School , DY11 7AW Oxford Street, DY10 1BB T 01562 823857 01562 748770 Franche Primary School Chestnut Grove, DY11 5QB T 01562 751788 Local Area Guide – Kidderminster Refuge Centres The Weavers Real Ale House 98 Comberton Hill, T 01562 229413 Kidderminster Household Recycling Centre The Swan Worcester Road, DY10 1LB Vicar Street, DY10 1DE 01562 746643 T 01562 823008 Key Cutting Situated in the heart of the town centre, The Swan serves food and a Timpson selection of national and local real Carpet Trades Way, DY11 6XP ales. The popular annual beer festival T 01562 740169 ‘Swanfest’ takes place here every August bank holiday. Severn Valley Lock and Safe 9-10 Comberton Road, DY10 1UA Restaurants T 01562 861771 La Brasserie 5 Lower Mill Street, DY11 6UU Local Food T 01562 744976 Bars & Pubs Unique and offering modern and The Lock Inn classical style of cuisine with a range Wolverley Road, Wolverley, DY10 3RN of dishes and wines. T 01562 850581 Café Masala Converted from a cottage into a public 45 Mill Street, DY11 6XB house to provide refreshments for T 01562 744600 canal workers it now provides quality home cooked locally produced food. Award winning Café Masala provides Environment is friendly and relaxed. quality, authentic healthy cooking freshly prepared. Three Crowns and Sugar Loaf Wolverley Road, DY11 5JN China Lodge T 01562 824783 21 Bewdley Road, DY11 6RS T 01562 743868 Situated on the edge of Franche village, there’s something for Contemporary restaurant specialising everyone here with a patio, beer in South Asian cuisine. garden and a large children’s play area. Park Gate Inn Stourbridge Road, DY10 3PT T 01562 850385 Local Area Guide – Kidderminster Galleries & Museums Based near Wolverley, the Park Gate Inn is a modern bar with a sociable The Museum of Carpet atmosphere. Green Street, DY10 1AZ T 01562 69028 Coffee Shops Exhibiting items of historical and Caffe Nero educational interest and in particular Weavers Wharf, DY10 1AA in anyway connected to the T 01562 823495 manufacture of carpets and similar textiles, this museum is the only Cosy Coffee museum in the UK dedicated to carpet 120 Coventry Street, DY10 2BH and carpet making. It opened in 2012 and has placed Kidderminster firmly Starbucks on the map of industrial heritage sites. Weavers Wharf, DY10 1AA T 01562 825713 Kidderminster Railways Museum Station Approach, Comberton Hill, DY10 1QX Shops T 01562 825316 Debenhams Weavers Wharf, DY10 1AA Houses a vast amount of railway T 0844 561 6161 artefacts most of which date back to steam travel. TK Maxx Weavers Wharf, DY10 1AA Libraries Kidderminster Library Next Market Street, DY10 1AB Weavers Wharf, DY10 1AA T 01905 822722 T 0333 005 5491 Recreation Open Spaces Cinemas Brinton Park Reel Cinema Sutton Road, DY11 6QT Green Street, DY10 1JF T 01562 747773 A public park since 1887 features include a lodge, pool, bandstand and a Odeon Dudley (Merry Hill) collection of trees. Merry Hill Centre, DY5 1SY T 0333 006 7777 Local Area Guide – Kidderminster Springfield Park Springfield Lane, Large country style park on the urban fringe of Kidderminster consisting of 16.95 hectares within the Broadwaters area. The Wyre Forest There’s something for everyone all year around, from walking to Go Ape, learning and adventure play. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/wyreforest Sports & Leisure Centres Wyre Forest Leisure Centre Stourport Road, DY11 7DT T 0845 200 8668 .