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srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Broadway_Tower_%2528cropped%2529.jpg/144px-Broadway_Tower_%2528cropped%2529.jpg 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Broadway_Tower_%2528cropped%2529.jpg/192px-Broadway_Tower_%2528cropped%2529.jpg 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="959"></a> </div> </div> <div class="tsingle" style="width:160px;max-width:160px"> <div style="height:118px;overflow:hidden"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Malvern_Hills_in_June_2005.JPG?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Malvern_Hills_in_June_2005.JPG/158px-Malvern_Hills_in_June_2005.JPG" decoding="async" width="158" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Malvern_Hills_in_June_2005.JPG/237px-Malvern_Hills_in_June_2005.JPG 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Malvern_Hills_in_June_2005.JPG/316px-Malvern_Hills_in_June_2005.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ib-settlement-caption"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Broadway_Tower,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Broadway Tower, Worcestershire">Broadway Tower</a> in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cotswolds?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a>, and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Hills?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Hills">Malvern Hills</a> on the Worcestershire–<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Herefordshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> border </div></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Worcestershire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Worcestershire within England"><img alt="Worcestershire within England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Worcestershire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/250px-Worcestershire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Worcestershire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/375px-Worcestershire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Worcestershire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/500px-Worcestershire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1108" data-file-height="1345"></a> <div class="ib-settlement-caption"> Worcestershire within England </div></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="England">England</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Regions_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th> <td class="infobox-data">1 April 1998</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established by</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Local_Government_Commission_for_England_(1992)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Local Government Commission for England (1992)">Local Government Commission for England</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hereford_and_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hereford and Worcester">Hereford and Worcester</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Historic counties of England">Ancient</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Time in the United Kingdom">Time zone</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/UTC%2B0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Summer (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Daylight_saving_time?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/UTC%2B1?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Summer_Time?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">UK Parliament</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_Herefordshire_and_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire">6 MPs</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Police</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Mercia_Police?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Mercia Police">West Mercia Police</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire">Lord Lieutenant</a></th> <td class="infobox-data">Beatrice Grant<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Sheriff of Worcestershire">High Sheriff</a></th> <td class="infobox-data">Edward Holloway<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-2">[2]</a> (2019–2020)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th> <td class="infobox-data">1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">34th of 48</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population  <div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (2022)<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-3">[3]</a> </div></th> <td class="infobox-data">609,216</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">38th of 48</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Density</th> <td class="infobox-data">350/km2 (910/sq mi)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnicity <div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th> <td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li>92.4% White British</li> <li>3.4% White Other</li> <li>2.4% Asian</li> <li>0.4% Black</li> <li>1.4% Other/Mixed<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-C2011-4">[4]</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County council</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Council?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire County Council">Worcestershire County Council</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Political_make-up_of_local_councils_in_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom">Control</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admin HQ</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th> <td class="infobox-data">1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_two-tier_counties_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of two-tier counties of England">18th of 21</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population  <div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (2022)<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-5">[5]</a> </div></th> <td class="infobox-data">609,216</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_two-tier_counties_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of two-tier counties of England">19th of 21</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Density</th> <td class="infobox-data">350/km2 (910/sq mi)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">ISO 3166-2</a></th> <td class="infobox-data">GB-WOR</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/GSS_coding_system?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="GSS coding system">GSS code</a></th> <td class="infobox-data">E10000034</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/International_Territorial_Level?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="International Territorial Level">ITL</a></th> <td class="infobox-data">TLG12</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://worcestershire.gov.uk">worcestershire.gov.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff; font-weight: bold;">Districts</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Worcestershire_numbered_districts.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Worcestershire_numbered_districts.svg/200px-Worcestershire_numbered_districts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Worcestershire_numbered_districts.svg/300px-Worcestershire_numbered_districts.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Worcestershire_numbered_districts.svg/400px-Worcestershire_numbered_districts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1375" data-file-height="1188"></a> Districts of Worcestershire</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Districts_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Districts of England">Districts</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"> <ol> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/City_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Worcester">Worcester</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Hills_District?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Hills District">Malvern Hills</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wyre_Forest_District?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wyre Forest District">Wyre Forest</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bromsgrove_District?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bromsgrove District">Bromsgrove</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Redditch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Redditch">Redditch</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wychavon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wychavon">Wychavon</a></li> </ol></td> </tr> <tr style="display:none"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> The county is largely rural, and has an area of 1,741 km2 (672 sq mi) and a population of 592,057. After Worcester (103,872) the largest settlements are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Redditch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Redditch">Redditch</a> (87,036), <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kidderminster?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kidderminster">Kidderminster</a> (57,400), and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern, Worcestershire">Malvern</a> (30,462). It contains six local government <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Non-metropolitan district">districts</a>, which are part of a two-tier <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Non-metropolitan county">non-metropolitan county</a> also called <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Council?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire County Council">Worcestershire</a>. The county <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Historic counties of England">historically</a> had <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Evolution_of_Worcestershire_county_boundaries_since_1844?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844">complex boundaries</a>, and included <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dudley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dudley">Dudley</a> and the southwestern suburbs of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/River_Severn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="River Severn">River Severn</a> flows through the centre of the county from north to south, forming a wide plain. The southwest of the county contains part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Hills?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Hills">Malvern Hills</a>, a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_Landscape?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="National Landscape">National Landscape</a> which contains <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_Beacon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire Beacon">Worcestershire Beacon</a>, at 425 m (1,394 ft) the county's highest point. The southwest contains a small part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cotswolds?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a>, and in the northwest is part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wyre_Forest?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wyre Forest">Wyre Forest</a>, a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_nature_reserve_(United_Kingdom)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="National nature reserve (United Kingdom)">national nature reserve</a>. There is some evidence of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roman_Britain?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Roman Britain">Roman</a> occupation in Worcestershire; the area later became part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anglo-Saxons?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Anglo-Saxons">Anglo-Saxon</a> kingdom of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hwicce?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hwicce">Hwicce</a>, and then <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mercia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mercia">Mercia</a>. Worcestershire was constituted as a county around 927, as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kingdom_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a> formed. During the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Middle_Ages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Middle Ages">High Middle Ages</a> the county was the site of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_Evesham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of Evesham">Battle of Evesham</a>, in which <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester">Simon de Montfort</a> was defeated, and in 1651 the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of Worcester">Battle of Worcester</a> was the last major engagement of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wars of the Three Kingdoms">Wars of the Three Kingdoms</a>. During the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Industrial_Revolution?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> the north of the county was part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_Country?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Black Country">Black Country</a>, a major manufacturing centre, Kidderminster became famous for carpet production, and Worcester for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Royal_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Royal Worcester">porcelain</a>. <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Location">1 Location</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#History">2 History</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Anglo-Saxon_Worcestershire">2.1 Anglo-Saxon Worcestershire</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Norman_Conquest">2.2 Norman Conquest</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#High_Medieval">2.3 High Medieval</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Civil_War">2.4 Civil War</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Nineteenth_century">2.5 Nineteenth century</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Demographics">3 Demographics</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Ethnicity">3.1 Ethnicity</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Economy">4 Economy</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Local_government">5 Local government</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#1844%E2%80%931911">5.1 1844–1911</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#1926_boundary_changes">5.2 1926 boundary changes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#1966%E2%80%931974">5.3 1966–1974</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#1974%E2%80%931998">5.4 1974–1998</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#1998%E2%80%93present">5.5 1998–present</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Summary_of_main_changes">5.6 Summary of main changes</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Physical_geography">6 Physical geography</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Green_belt">6.1 Green belt</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Sport">7 Sport</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Culture">8 Culture</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Media">9 Media</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Television">9.1 Television</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Radio">9.2 Radio</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Economy_2">10 Economy</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Industry_and_agriculture">10.1 Industry and agriculture</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Education">11 Education</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Towns_and_villages">12 Towns and villages</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Places_of_interest">13 Places of interest</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Local_groups">14 Local groups</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also">15 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Notes">16 Notes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References">17 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Sources">18 Sources</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#External_links">19 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <h2 id="Location">Location</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Location" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> The county borders <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Herefordshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> to the west, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shropshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> to the north-west, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Staffordshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> only just to the north, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a> to the north and north-east, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Warwickshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a> to the east and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gloucestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a> to the south. The western border with Herefordshire includes a stretch along the top of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Hills?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Hills">Malvern Hills</a>. At the southern border with Gloucestershire, Worcestershire meets the northern edge of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cotswolds?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a>. Two major rivers flow through the county: the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/River_Severn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="River Severn">Severn</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/River_Avon,_Warwickshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="River Avon, Warwickshire">Avon</a>. </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <h2 id="History">History</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="History of Worcestershire">History of Worcestershire</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="History of Worcester">History of Worcester</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Hallow_Handaxe,_early_middle_Palaeolithic.png?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Hallow_Handaxe%2C_early_middle_Palaeolithic.png/220px-Hallow_Handaxe%2C_early_middle_Palaeolithic.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="474"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 261px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Hallow_Handaxe%2C_early_middle_Palaeolithic.png/220px-Hallow_Handaxe%2C_early_middle_Palaeolithic.png" data-width="220" data-height="261" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Hallow_Handaxe%2C_early_middle_Palaeolithic.png/330px-Hallow_Handaxe%2C_early_middle_Palaeolithic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Hallow_Handaxe%2C_early_middle_Palaeolithic.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> The hand axe discovered in 1970s in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hallow,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hallow, Worcestershire">Hallow</a>. Potentially the first Early Middle Palaeolithic artefact from the West Midlands.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussellDaffernHancoxNash2018-6">[6]</a> </figcaption> </figure> The geographical area now known as Worcestershire was first populated at least 700,000 years ago.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussellDaffernHancoxNash2018-6">[6]</a> The area became predominantly agricultural in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Bronze_Age" title="History of Worcestershire">Bronze Age</a>, leading to population growth and more evidence of settlement. By the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Iron_Age" title="History of Worcestershire">Iron Age</a>, hill forts dominated the landscape. Settlement of these swiftly ended with the Roman occupation of Britain.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDonald19692%E2%80%934-7">[7]</a> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Roman" title="History of Worcestershire">Roman</a> period saw establishment of the villa system in the Cotswolds and Vale of Evesham. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Droitwich?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Droitwich">Droitwich</a> (Salinae) was probably the most important settlement in the county in this period, due to its product of salt. There is also evidence for Roman settlement and industrial activity around Worcester and King's Norton.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrookesPevsner200714-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Anglo-Saxon_Worcestershire">Anglo-Saxon Worcestershire</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Anglo-Saxon Worcestershire" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Anglo-Saxon" title="History of Worcestershire">History of Worcestershire § Anglo-Saxon</a> </div> The area which became Worcestershire formed the heartland of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anglo-Saxon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a> kingdom of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hwicce?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hwicce">Hwicce</a>. It was absorbed by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mercia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Mercia">Kingdom of Mercia</a> during the 7th century and became part of the unified <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kingdom_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a> in 927. Worcestershire was established as an administrative and defensive unit in the early tenth century.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Its purpose was to take into account and defend the estates within the northern area of the historic <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Anglican Diocese of Worcester">See of Worcester</a>, held by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bishop_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bishop of Worcester">Episcopus Hwicciorum</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester_Cathedral?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester Cathedral">Worcester Priory</a>, along with the Abbots of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pershore_Abbey?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pershore Abbey">Pershore</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Westminster_Abbey?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Evesham_Abbey?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Evesham Abbey">Evesham</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-:0-10">[10]</a> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Non-metropolitan county">shires</a> and its sub-divisions known as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hundred (county division)">hundreds</a>, formed a framework for administering the resources of each <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Burh?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Burh">burhs</a>' outlying estates.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-:1-11">[11]</a> It was a separate <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ealdorman?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ealdorman">ealdormanship</a> briefly in the 10th century before forming part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Earldom_of_Mercia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Earldom of Mercia">Earldom of Mercia</a> in the 11th century. The last known <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anglo-Saxon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheriff of Worcestershire">Sheriff of Worcestershire</a> was <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cyneweard_of_Laughern?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cyneweard of Laughern">Cyneweard of Laughern</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Norman_Conquest">Norman Conquest</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Norman Conquest" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Medieval" title="History of Worcestershire">History of Worcestershire § Medieval</a> </div> During the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Middle_Ages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, much of the county's economy was based on the wool trade. Many areas of its dense forests, such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Feckenham_Forest?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Feckenham Forest">Feckenham Forest</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Horewell_Forest?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Horewell Forest">Horewell Forest</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Chase?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Chase">Malvern Chase</a>, were <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Royal_forest?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Royal forest">royal hunting grounds</a> subject to forest law. After the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman conquest of England">Norman conquest of England</a>; the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Domesday_Book?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> noted in 1086 that in seven of the twelve <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hundred (county division)">hundreds</a> covering Worcestershire, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#English_monarchy" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">Crown</a> had no authority. The Crown's authority was replaced by the Bishop of Worcester and the Abbots at Pershore, Westminster and Evesham.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/William_the_Conqueror?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="William the Conqueror">William the Conqueror</a> gave to his allies and friends <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manorialism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Manorialism">manors</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Parishes?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Parishes">parishes</a> captured from the Anglo-Saxons.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Carter-13">[13]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMason1979124-15">[15]</a> Despite the Norman Conquest, the rest of the county was still held by the Abbeys of Pershore and Evesham, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bishop_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bishop of Worcester">Bishop of Worcester</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester_Cathedral?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester Cathedral">Priory</a>. The first <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman conquest of England">Norman</a> Sheriff <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Urse_d%27Abetot?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Urse d'Abetot">Urse d'Abetot</a>, built the castle of Worcester and seized much church land, some of which became part of the Crown's hundreds in Worcestershire.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-16">[16]</a> and was in dispute with the Bishop of Worcester over the rights of the sheriff.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Intro3-17">[17]</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wulfstan_(died_1095)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wulfstan (died 1095)">Bishop Wulfstan</a> was the last Anglo-Saxon bishop in England, and remained in post until his death in 1095. Under his tenure <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester_Cathedral?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester Cathedral">Worcester Cathedral</a> began major reconstruction, and he opposed political interventions against William and the Normans. He was later made a saint. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="High_Medieval">High Medieval</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: High Medieval" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> During <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Henry_III_of_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Henry III of England">Henry III</a>'s disputes and wars with his Barons, in 1263 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>'s Jewish residents were attacked by a baronial force led by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Robert_de_Ferrers,_6th_Earl_of_Derby?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby">Robert Earl Ferrers</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Henry_de_Montfort?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Henry de Montfort">Henry de Montfort</a>. Most were killed.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWillis-BundPage1924376%E2%80%93390-18">[18]</a> The massacre in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> was part of a wider campaign by the De Montforts and their allies in the run-up to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Second_Barons%27_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Second Barons' War">Second Barons' War</a>, aimed at undermining Henry III. Worcestershire was the site of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_Evesham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of Evesham">Battle of Evesham</a> in which <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester">Simon de Montfort</a> was killed on 4 August 1265.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-19">[note 1]</a> A few years later, in 1275, the Jews that were still living in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> were forced to move to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hereford?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hereford">Hereford</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWillis-BundPage1924376%E2%80%93390-18">[18]</a> as they were expelled from all towns under the jurisdiction of the queen mother.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-20">[19]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Wigornia_Atlas.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wigornia_Atlas.jpg/168px-Wigornia_Atlas.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="127" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="8989" data-file-height="6811"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 168px;height: 127px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wigornia_Atlas.jpg/168px-Wigornia_Atlas.jpg" data-width="168" data-height="127" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wigornia_Atlas.jpg/252px-Wigornia_Atlas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wigornia_Atlas.jpg/336px-Wigornia_Atlas.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> Hand-drawn map of Worcestershire by Christopher Saxton from 1577. </figcaption> </figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Civil War" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_in_the_English_Civil_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire in the English Civil War">Worcestershire in the English Civil War</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Civil_War" title="History of Worcestershire">History of Worcestershire § Civil War</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Civil_War" title="History of Worcester">History of Worcester § Civil War</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Old_Powick_Bridge_over_the_River_Teme_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795873.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Old_Powick_Bridge_over_the_River_Teme_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795873.jpg/220px-Old_Powick_Bridge_over_the_River_Teme_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795873.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Old_Powick_Bridge_over_the_River_Teme_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795873.jpg/220px-Old_Powick_Bridge_over_the_River_Teme_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795873.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Old_Powick_Bridge_over_the_River_Teme_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795873.jpg/330px-Old_Powick_Bridge_over_the_River_Teme_-_geograph.org.uk_-_795873.jpg 1.5x, 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was the first major skirmish of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/English_Civil_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>. The county suffered from being on the Royalist front line, as it was subject to heavy taxation and the pressing of men into the Royalist army, which also reduced its productive capacity. The northern part of the county, which was already a centre of iron production, was important for military supplies. Parliamentarian raids and Royalist requisitioning both placed a great strain on the county. There were tensions from the participation of prominent Catholic recusants in the military and civilian organisation of the county. Combined with the opposition to requisitioning from both sides, bands of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Clubmen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Clubmen">Clubmen</a> formed to keep the war away from their localities. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of Worcester">Battle of Worcester</a> in 1651 effectively ended the third civil war. There was little enthusiasm or local participation in the mostly Scottish Royalist army, whose defeat was widely welcomed. Nevertheless, Parliamentarian forces ransacked the city of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>, causing heavy damage, looting and destruction of property. Around 10,000 mostly Scottish prisoners were sent into forced labour in the New World or fen drainage schemes. The small bands of Scots that fled into Worcestershire's countryside were attacked by local forces and killed. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Nineteenth_century">Nineteenth century</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Nineteenth century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Victorian_and_Edwardian_Worcestershire:_1830%E2%80%931914" title="History of Worcestershire">History of Worcestershire § Victorian and Edwardian Worcestershire: 1830–1914</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Worcestershire_flag.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Worcestershire_flag.svg/220px-Worcestershire_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 132px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Worcestershire_flag.svg/220px-Worcestershire_flag.svg.png" data-width="220" data-height="132" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Worcestershire_flag.svg/330px-Worcestershire_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Worcestershire_flag.svg/440px-Worcestershire_flag.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> The flag of the historic county of Worcestershire </figcaption> </figure> In the 19th century, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> was a centre for the manufacture of gloves; the town of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kidderminster?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kidderminster">Kidderminster</a> became a centre for carpet manufacture, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Redditch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Redditch">Redditch</a> specialised in the manufacture of needles, springs and hooks. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Droitwich_Spa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Droitwich Spa">Droitwich Spa</a>, situated on large deposits of salt, was a centre of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Salt_production?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt production">salt production</a> from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roman_empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman empire">Roman</a> times, with one of the principal <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roman_road?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman road">Roman roads</a> running through the town. These old industries have since declined, to be replaced by other, more varied <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Light_industry?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Light industry">light industry</a>. The county is also home to the world's oldest continually published newspaper, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berrow%27s_Worcester_Journal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berrow's Worcester Journal">Berrow's Journal</a>, established in 1690. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern, Worcestershire">Malvern</a> was one of the centres of the 19th-century rise in English spa towns due to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_water?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern water">Malvern water</a> being believed to be very pure, containing "nothing at all".<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Malvern_Water-21">[20]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Demographics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> See also: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_settlements_in_Worcestershire_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of settlements in Worcestershire by population">List of settlements in Worcestershire by population</a> </div> The 2011 census found the population of Worcestershire to be 566,169, an increase of 4.4% from the 2001 population of 542,107. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Ethnicity">Ethnicity</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=9&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Ethnicity" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Though the total number of people in every ethnic group increased between 2001 and 2011, the White British share of Worcestershire's population decreased from 95.5% to 92.4%, as did the share of White ethnic groups as whole, which went from 97.5% to 95.7%. Worcestershire is still much more ethnically homogeneous than the national average. In 2011, 79.8% of the population of England identified as White British; much lower than Worcestershire's figure of 92.4%.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-C2011-4">[4]</a> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Ethnic group</th> <th>2001 population</th> <th>2001 %</th> <th>2011 population</th> <th>2011 %</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">White: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/White_British?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="White British">British</a></td> <td>517,747</td> <td>95.5</td> <td>522,922</td> <td>92.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">White: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Irish_Briton?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Briton">Irish</a></td> <td>4,163</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>3,480</td> <td>0.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">White: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Irish_Travellers?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Irish Travellers">Irish Traveller</a>/<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romani_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romani people">Gypsy</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-22">[note 2]</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1,165</td> <td>0.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">White: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/White_Other_(United_Kingdom_Census)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="White Other (United Kingdom Census)">Other</a></td> <td>6,869</td> <td>1.27</td> <td>14,491</td> <td>2.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/White_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="White people">White</a>: Total</td> <td>528,779</td> <td>97.5</td> <td>542,058</td> <td>95.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Asian or Asian British: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Non-resident_Indian_and_person_of_Indian_origin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin">Indian</a></td> <td>1,640</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>3,634</td> <td>0.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Asian or Asian British: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Pakistani?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British Pakistani">Pakistani</a></td> <td>2,917</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>4,984</td> <td>0.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Asian or Asian British: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Bangladeshi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British Bangladeshi">Bangladeshi</a></td> <td>970</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>1,316</td> <td>0.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Asian or Asian British: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Chinese?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="British Chinese">Chinese</a></td> <td>1,106</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>1,601</td> <td>0.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Asian or Asian British: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Asian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian Other</a></td> <td>455</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>2,206</td> <td>0.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Asian_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Asian people">Asian</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Asian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian British</a>: Total</td> <td>7,088</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>13,741</td> <td>2.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Black or Black British: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_community?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British African-Caribbean community">Caribbean</a></td> <td>1,153</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>1,275</td> <td>0.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Black or Black British: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_British?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">African</a></td> <td>332</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>767</td> <td>0.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Black or Black British: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Other_Black?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Other Black">Other</a></td> <td>153</td> <td>0.03</td> <td>330</td> <td>0.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Black people">Black</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_British?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">Black British</a>: Total</td> <td>1,638</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>2,372</td> <td>0.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Mixed: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/White_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="White people">White</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_community?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British African-Caribbean community">Caribbean</a></td> <td>1,704</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>3,150</td> <td>0.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Mixed: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/White_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="White people">White</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_British?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">African</a></td> <td>221</td> <td>0.04</td> <td>592</td> <td>0.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Mixed: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/White_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="White people">White</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Asian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian Other</a></td> <td>1,099</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>2,053</td> <td>0.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Mixed: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Multiracial?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial">Other Mixed</a></td> <td>771</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>1,250</td> <td>0.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Mixed?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British Mixed">British Mixed</a>: Total</td> <td>3,795</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>7,045</td> <td>1.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Other: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Arab_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab people">Arab</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-23">[note 3]</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>236</td> <td>0.04</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Other: Any other ethnic group</td> <td>807</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>717</td> <td>0.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Other: Total</td> <td>807</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>953</td> <td>0.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Total</td> <td>542,107</td> <td>100</td> <td>566,169</td> <td>100</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=10&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Economy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> See also: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manufacturing_in_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Manufacturing in Worcester">Manufacturing in Worcester</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg/220px-Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg/220px-Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg/330px-Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg/440px-Worcester_Bosch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57948.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> Worcester Bosch; Bosch Thermotechnology are in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Warndon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Warndon">Warndon</a> </figcaption> </figure> In Redditch are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Halfords?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Halfords">Halfords</a>, to the south in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Washford,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Washford, Worcestershire">Washford</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/GKN?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="GKN">GKN</a> (it has the second largest turnover in the West Midlands) is in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Riverside,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverside, Worcestershire">Riverside</a>. Mettis Aerospace are in Enfield, north Redditch, and make light metal components ( former <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Duty_Alloys_Ltd.?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="High Duty Alloys Ltd.">High Duty Alloys</a>, which made most of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Forging?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Forging">forged</a> pistons for Britain's aircraft engines in WWII). <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Phoenix_Group_(company)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Group (company)">Phoenix Group</a> (non-public <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Life_insurance?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Life insurance">life assurance</a> schemes) is in the north-east of the county near the Warwickshire boundary, at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wythall?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wythall">Wythall</a>, and has a large turnover; nearby to west <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Metalrax?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Metalrax">Metalrax</a>, headquartered in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alvechurch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Alvechurch">Alvechurch</a>, make (via subsidiaries) most of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cookware_and_bakeware?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cookware and bakeware">bakeware</a> sold in the UK. Roger Dyson Group manufactures <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vehicle_recovery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Vehicle recovery">auto-recovery</a> vehicles in north Droitwich. South of Bromsgrove, L.G. Harris & Co make <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Paintbrush?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Paintbrush">paintbrushes</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lea_%26_Perrins?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lea & Perrins">Lea & Perrins</a> is in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Joy_Mining_Machinery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Joy Mining Machinery">Joy Mining Machinery</a> are in the west of Worcester. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_Bosch_Group?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, Bosch Group">Worcester, Bosch Group</a> make 1,200 boilers a day. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Yamazaki_Mazak_Corporation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Yamazaki Mazak Corporation">Mazak</a> UK have the parent company's European manufacturing facility (for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Numerical_control?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Numerical control">CNC</a> machine tools) in the north of Worcester. Nearby on the Blackpole Ind Est, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Froude_Hofmann&action=edit&redlink=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="new" title="Froude Hofmann (page does not exist)">Froude Hofmann</a> have their world headquarters, who make <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dynamometer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dynamometer">dynamometers</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Roxel&action=edit&redlink=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="new" title="Roxel (page does not exist)">Roxel</a> UK develops <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solid-fuel_rocket?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Solid-fuel rocket">solid-fuel rockets</a> for missiles south of Kidderminster and in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hartlebury?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hartlebury">Hartlebury</a>. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_Safari_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands Safari Park">West Midlands Safari Park</a> is in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bewdley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a>, west of Kidderminster. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Morgan_Technical_Ceramics?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan Technical Ceramics">Morgan Technical Ceramics</a> is headquartered at Lickhill in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stourport-on-Severn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stourport-on-Severn">Stourport-on-Severn</a>. Egbert H. Taylor in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Elmley_Lovett?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Elmley Lovett">Elmley Lovett</a>, near <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hartlebury?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hartlebury">Hartlebury</a> is a manufacturer of metal bins. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Qinetiq,_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Qinetiq%2C_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg/220px-Qinetiq%2C_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Qinetiq%2C_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg/220px-Qinetiq%2C_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Qinetiq%2C_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg/330px-Qinetiq%2C_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Qinetiq%2C_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg/440px-Qinetiq%2C_Malvern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_728922.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> Qinetiq at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Hills_Science_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Hills Science Park">Malvern Hills Science Park</a>, or Malvern Technology Centre; the integrated circuit was invented here in 1952 </figcaption> </figure> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Liquid_crystal_display?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Liquid crystal display">Liquid crystal displays</a> were developed in 1972 in conjunction with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Royal_Radar_Establishment?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Royal Radar Establishment">Royal Radar Establishment</a>, where <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Geoffrey_Dummer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Geoffrey Dummer">Geoffrey Dummer</a> invented the idea of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Integrated_circuit?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuit</a> in 1952. It was based in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern, Worcestershire">Malvern</a>, and became the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Royal_Signals_and_Radar_Establishment?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Royal Signals and Radar Establishment">Royal Signals and Radar Establishment</a>, which developed <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Thermography?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Thermography">thermal imaging</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pyroelectricity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pyroelectricity">pyroelectric</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Infrared_detector?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Infrared detector">infrared detectors</a>, and is now a large site owned by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/QinetiQ?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="QinetiQ">QinetiQ</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Morgan_Motor_Company?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Morgan Motor Company">Morgan Motor Company</a> is in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Link?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Link">Malvern Link</a>. Commsoft RMS is in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Evesham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Evesham">Evesham</a>. For many years <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Group_4_(company)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Group 4 (company)">Group 4 Security</a>, which was the largest security company in Europe, had its headquarters in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Broadway,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Broadway, Worcestershire">Broadway</a>, on the edge of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cotswolds?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/G4S?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="G4S">G4S</a> Integrated Services now has its HQ there. </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=11&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Local government" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Evolution_of_Worcestershire_county_boundaries?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries">Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_Worcestershire_boundary_changes?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of Worcestershire boundary changes">List of Worcestershire boundary changes</a> </div> Local government in Worcestershire has changed several times since the middle of the 19th century. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="1844–1911">1844–1911</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=12&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: 1844–1911" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg/170px-St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="246" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="640"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 246px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg/170px-St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="246" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg/255px-St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg/340px-St_John_the_Baptists_Church_Halesowen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58802.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Halesowen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a> was an exclave of neighbouring <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shropshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> until 1844 when it was reincorporated into Worcestershire. It is now within the metropolitan county of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a>. </figcaption> </figure> Worcestershire contained numerous <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Exclaves?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclaves">exclaves</a>, which were areas of land cut off from the main geographical area of Worcestershire and completely surrounded by the nearby counties of Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Oxfordshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>. The most notable islands were Dudley,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-24">[21]</a> Evenlode,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-25">[22]</a> Blockley<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-26">[23]</a> and the area around Shipston-on-Stour.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-27">[24]</a> Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shropshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> had their own exclaves within the main part of Worcestershire at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rochford,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rochford, Worcestershire">Rochford</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-28">[25]</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Broome,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Broome, Worcestershire">Broome</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-29">[26]</a> Clent,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-30">[27]</a> Tardebigge (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tutnall_and_Cobley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tutnall and Cobley">Tutnall and Cobley</a>)<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-31">[28]</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Halesowen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a> respectively. Tardebigge's history outside the county is even more colourful, changing hands from Worcestershire to Staffordshire and Warwickshire, before returning to Worcestershire at differing times over the centuries.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-32">[29]</a> The southern boundary of the county was also complex, with parish boundaries penetrating deep into Gloucestershire and vice versa. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Council?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire County Council">Worcestershire County Council</a> came into existence following the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a> and covered the historic <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Association_of_British_Counties?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Association of British Counties">traditional county</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-webb-33">[30]</a> except for two designated <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_boroughs?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="County boroughs">county boroughs</a> at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_Borough_of_Dudley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="County Borough of Dudley">Dudley</a> and Worcester.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-LGA1888-34">[31]</a> Birmingham's continuous expansion has been a major cause of Worcestershire's fluid boundary changes and associated housing issues.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-35">[32]</a> The district of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Balsall_Heath?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Balsall Heath">Balsall Heath</a>, which had originally constituted the most northerly part of the parish of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/King%27s_Norton?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Norton">King's Norton</a>, was the first area of the county to be added to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_Borough_of_Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough of Birmingham">County Borough of Birmingham</a>, on 1 October 1891. This was followed by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Quinton,_Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Quinton, Birmingham">Quinton</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">Urban District</a>, which was ceded to Birmingham in November 1909, and then by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rural_District?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural District">Rural District</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Yardley,_Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Yardley, Birmingham">Yardley</a> and the greater part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Urban_District_of_King%27s_Norton_and_Northfield?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban District of King's Norton and Northfield">Urban District of King's Norton and Northfield</a>, which were absorbed into Birmingham under the Greater Birmingham Scheme on 9 November 1911.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-36">[33]</a> Thus these areas were transferred from Worcestershire to Warwickshire. Dudley's historical status within the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Anglican Diocese of Worcester">Diocese of Worcester</a> and through its <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Aristocracy_(class)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Aristocracy (class)">aristocratic</a> links ensured that the exclave was governed on a largely autonomous basis.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Carter-13">[13]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-37">[34]</a> Worcester was designated a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_corporate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="County corporate">county corporate</a>, and thus became separate from the rest of Worcestershire.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-38">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="1926_boundary_changes">1926 boundary changes</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=13&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: 1926 boundary changes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In 1926, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dudley_County_Borough?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudley County Borough">Dudley County Borough</a> council purchased several square miles of land to the north of the town centre, mostly in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sedgley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sedgley">Sedgley</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Staffordshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>), including <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dudley_Castle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dudley Castle">Dudley Castle</a>. This was to build the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Priory_Estate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Priory Estate">Priory Estate</a>, a large new <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Council_house?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Council house">council estate</a> on which construction began in 1929. The boundaries of Worcestershire were altered to include all of the proposed new housing estate in Dudley.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-39">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="1966–1974">1966–1974</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=14&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: 1966–1974" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg/220px-Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4165" data-file-height="2771"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg/220px-Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg/330px-Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg/440px-Broadway_Tower_2012.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Broadway_Tower,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Broadway Tower, Worcestershire">Broadway Tower</a>, one of several Worcestershire <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Folly?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Folly">follies</a> </figcaption> </figure> During the Local Government reorganisation of April 1966, Dudley expanded beyond its historical boundaries and took in the bulk of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sedgley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sedgley">Sedgley</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Sedgley-40">[37]</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brierley_Hill?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brierley Hill">Brierley Hill</a> and the south of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Coseley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Coseley">Coseley</a> as well as a small section of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Amblecote?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Amblecote">Amblecote</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Amblecote-41">[38]</a> The Local Government Act redefined its status and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_Borough_of_Dudley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="County Borough of Dudley">County Borough of Dudley</a> became part of Staffordshire, the county of which all of these areas had been part. At the same time, Worcestershire gained a new <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_borough?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="County borough">county borough</a> named <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_Borough_of_Warley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="County Borough of Warley">Warley</a>, which was an amalgamation of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Oldbury_Urban_District?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldbury Urban District">Oldbury Urban District</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rowley_Regis_Urban_District?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowley Regis Urban District">Rowley Regis Urban District</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_Borough_of_Smethwick?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough of Smethwick">County Borough of Smethwick</a> and parts of Dudley and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tipton?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tipton">Tipton</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-42">[39]</a> During this reorganisation, the area of the administrative county grew only where <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stourbridge?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stourbridge">Stourbridge</a> took in the majority of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Amblecote_Urban_District?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Amblecote Urban District">Amblecote Urban District</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-43">[40]</a> from Staffordshire and the designation of Redditch in 1964 as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_town?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="New town">New Town</a>. This in turn saw expansion into the area in and around the villages of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ipsley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ipsley">Ipsley</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Matchborough?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Matchborough">Matchborough</a> in Warwickshire. The Redditch New Town designation coincided with a considerable programme of social and private house building in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Droitwich?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Droitwich">Droitwich</a>, Worcester, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster and along the Birmingham boundary at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankley">Frankley</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rubery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rubery">Rubery</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rednal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rednal">Rednal</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-44">[41]</a> Frankley parish was later split into two: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_Frankley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New Frankley">New Frankley</a> and the area around <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bartley_Reservoir?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bartley Reservoir">Bartley Reservoir</a> transferred from Bromsgrove District to Birmingham in April 1995; but the small village of Frankley remained in Worcestershire and became a new <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Civil_parish?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> under the same name. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="1974–1998">1974–1998</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=15&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: 1974–1998" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> From 1974, the central and southern parts of the county were amalgamated with Herefordshire and with Worcester County Borough to form a single <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Non-metropolitan county">non-metropolitan county</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hereford_and_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hereford and Worcester">Hereford and Worcester</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-45">[42]</a> The County Boroughs of Dudley and Warley, along with Stourbridge and Halesowen, were incorporated into the new West Midlands <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Metropolitan_county?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-46">[43]</a> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_County_Council?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands County Council">West Midlands County Council</a> existed for only a few years before abolition in April 1986, although the West Midlands still exists as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ceremonial_county?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceremonial county">ceremonial county</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-47">[44]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="1998–present">1998–present</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=16&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: 1998–present" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg/150px-Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="253" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="624"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 253px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg/150px-Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg.png" data-width="150" data-height="253" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg/225px-Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg/300px-Arms_of_Worcestershire_County_Council.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> The coat of arms of Worcestershire County Council </figcaption> </figure> In the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1990s_UK_local_government_reform?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="1990s UK local government reform">1990s UK local government reform</a>, the county of Hereford & Worcester was abolished, and the non-metropolitan county or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shire_county?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Shire county">shire county</a> of Worcestershire regained its historic border with Herefordshire.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-HM_Government_Legislation-48">[45]</a> The recreated County of Worcestershire came into existence on 1 April 1998 as an administrative and ceremonial county, although this excluded the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_Country?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Black Country">Black Country</a> towns of Dudley, Halesowen, Oldbury and Stourbridge (which remained part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a>).<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-49">[46]</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Council?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire County Council">Worcestershire County Council</a> was reformed, although some services are shared with the newly formed <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Herefordshire_Council?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Herefordshire Council">Herefordshire Council</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Hereford-Worcester-50">[47]</a> including waste management and the youth offending service. The former Hereford and Worcester districts of Redditch, Worcester, Bromsgrove, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wychavon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wychavon">Wychavon</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wyre_Forest_District?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wyre Forest District">Wyre Forest</a> were retained with little or no change. However the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leominster?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leominster">Leominster</a> and Malvern Hills districts straddled the historic border, so a new Malvern Hills district was constituted which straddled the pre-April 1974 county boundary to the west, south-west and north-west. The remaining parts of the former Hereford and Worcester district of Leominster, returned to Herefordshire. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Summary_of_main_changes">Summary of main changes</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=17&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Summary of main changes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> These settlements were historically part of the county as noted above, that now fall under the counties of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Warwickshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a>. <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row">Warwickshire</th> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style> <div class="hlist"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shipston-on-Stour?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Shipston-on-Stour">Shipston-on-Stour</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">West Midlands (County)</th> <td> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <div class="hlist"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> (certain areas only, such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bournville?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bournville">Bournville</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Quinton,_Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Quinton, Birmingham">Quinton</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Yardley,_Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Yardley, Birmingham">Yardley</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dudley,_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudley, West Midlands">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Halesowen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lye,_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lye, West Midlands">Lye</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Netherton,_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Netherton, West Midlands">Netherton</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Oldbury,_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Oldbury, West Midlands">Oldbury</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rowley_Regis?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rowley Regis">Rowley Regis</a> (1966–74, including <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Blackheath,_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Blackheath, West Midlands">Blackheath</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cradley_Heath?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cradley Heath">Cradley Heath</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Smethwick?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Smethwick">Smethwick</a> (1966–74)</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stourbridge?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stourbridge">Stourbridge</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tividale?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tividale">Tividale</a> (1966–74)</li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"> <h2 id="Physical_geography">Physical geography</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=18&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Physical geography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg/220px-Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg/220px-Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg/330px-Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg/440px-Worcestershire_Beacon.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> Summit of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_Beacon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire Beacon">Worcestershire Beacon</a> in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Hills?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Hills">Malvern Hills</a>, the county's highest point </figcaption> </figure> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Hills?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern Hills">Malvern Hills</a>, which run from the south of the county into Herefordshire, are made up mainly of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Volcanic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Volcanic">volcanic</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Igneous_rock?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Igneous rock">igneous rocks</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Metamorphic_rock?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Metamorphic rock">metamorphic rocks</a>, some of which date from more than 1,200 million years ago. They are designated as an <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a> (AONB). The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_Beacon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire Beacon">Worcestershire Beacon</a>, which at 425 metres (1,394 ft) is the highest point in the county, lies in this range.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Bathurst_2012-51">[48]</a> The rest of the county consists of undulating hills and farmland stretching either side of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Severn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Severn">Severn</a> valley. The Severn is the United Kingdom's longest river and flows through <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bewdley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stourport-on-Severn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stourport-on-Severn">Stourport-on-Severn</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-52">[49]</a> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/River_Avon_(Warwickshire)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="River Avon (Warwickshire)">River Avon</a> flows through the Worcestershire town on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Evesham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Evesham">Evesham</a> and joins the Severn at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tewkesbury?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tewkesbury">Tewkesbury</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gloucestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>. Several coniferous and deciduous woodlands are located in the north of the county. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vale_of_Evesham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Vale of Evesham">Vale of Evesham</a> runs through the south of the county and to its south are the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cotswolds?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a> AONB.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-53">[50]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg/220px-Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg/220px-Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg/330px-Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg/440px-Honeybourne_station-Geograph-3549213-by-Rob-Newman.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Honeybourne_railway_station?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Honeybourne railway station">Honeybourne railway station</a> on the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cotswold_Line?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cotswold Line">Cotswold Line</a> and the potential <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Honeybourne_Line?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honeybourne Line">Honeybourne Line</a> </figcaption> </figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Green_belt">Green belt</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=19&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Green belt" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Further information: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_Green_Belt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands Green Belt">West Midlands Green Belt</a> </div> Worcestershire contains a broad expanse of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Green belt (United Kingdom)">green belt</a> area, widening to over 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) in places. It is part of the larger belt surrounding the West Midlands county, and first drawn up from the 1950s. All of the county's districts other than Malvern Hills contain some portion of the belt. </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"> <h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=20&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Sport" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg/220px-New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="428"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg/220px-New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg/330px-New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg/440px-New_Road_Worcester_-_3_-_geograph-891443.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_Road,_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New Road, Worcester">New Road</a> is the home of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire County Cricket Club</a>, across the River Severn from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester_Cathedral?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester Cathedral">Worcester Cathedral</a>. </figcaption> </figure> The largest and most successful football club in the county is <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C.?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a>. Founded in 1877 as a running club and doubling as a rugby club from 1880, the football club was founded in 1886. In 1987, the club won the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/FA_Trophy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> for the first time, and seven years later reached the fifth round of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/FA_Cup?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, also winning the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Football_Conference?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Conference">GM Vauxhall Conference</a> title in 1994 but being denied <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/English_Football_League?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="English Football League">Football League</a> status as their <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Aggborough_Stadium?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Aggborough Stadium">Aggborough Stadium</a> did not meet capacity requirements. However, when the club next won the Conference title six years later, their stadium had been upgraded and promotion was granted, giving the county its first (and thus far only) Football League members. However, the club's Football League membership was short-lived, as Harriers were relegated back to the Conference in 2005 after just five years in the Football League, and have yet to reclaim their status.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-54">[51]</a> The county is also represented by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alvechurch_F.C.?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Alvechurch F.C.">Alvechurch</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bromsgrove_Sporting_F.C.?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bromsgrove Sporting F.C.">Bromsgrove Sporting</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Redditch_United_F.C.?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Redditch United F.C.">Redditch United</a> of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Southern_Football_League?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Southern Football League">Southern Premier League</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester_City_F.C.?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester City F.C.">Worcester City</a> of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Midland_Football_League_(2014)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Football League (2014)">Midland Football League</a>. The county is home to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire County Cricket Club</a>, traditionally the first stop on any touring national side's schedule in England.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-55">[52]</a> Formed officially in 1865, the Club initially played in Boughton Park, before moving to its current <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_Road,_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New Road, Worcester">New Road</a> ground, which today can host 5,500 spectators, in 1895. The club has won five County Championships in its history, most recently in 1989.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-56">[53]</a> Worcester Rugby Football Club, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester_Warriors?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester Warriors">Worcester Warriors</a>, are the county's largest and most successful Rugby Union team, having been promoted to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/English_Premiership_(rugby_union)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="English Premiership (rugby union)">Premiership</a> in 2004. The Warriors were relegated to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/RFU_Championship?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="RFU Championship">RFU Championship</a> in 2010 but rebounded back to the Premiership in 2011. Worcester Warriors play at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sixways_Stadium?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sixways Stadium">Sixways Stadium</a> on the outskirts of Worcester, holding over 12,000 spectators, thus making it the largest stadium in the county. Sixways has hosted the final of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/LV%3D_Cup?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="LV= Cup">LV Cup</a> on three occasions.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-57">[54]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"> <h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=21&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Culture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG/220px-Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="400"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG/220px-Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG/330px-Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG/440px-Elgar%27s_birthplace.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> Classical composer Sir <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edward_Elgar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edward Elgar">Edward Elgar</a> was born in this house in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Broadheath,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadheath, Worcestershire">Broadheath, Worcestershire</a>, currently used as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Elgar_Birthplace_Museum?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Elgar Birthplace Museum">Elgar Birthplace Museum</a>. </figcaption> </figure> The village of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Broadheath,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadheath, Worcestershire">Broadheath</a>, about 6.2 miles (10 km) northwest of the city of Worcester, is the birthplace of the composer <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edward_Elgar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edward Elgar">Edward Elgar</a>. It is claimed that the county was the inspiration for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Shire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Shire">the Shire</a>, a region of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>'s fictional <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Middle-earth?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Middle-earth">Middle-earth</a>, described in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Hobbit?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Hobbit">The Hobbit</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a>. Tolkien was thought to have named <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bilbo_Baggins?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bilbo Baggins">Bilbo Baggins</a>' house "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bag_End?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Westfarthing" title="Bag End">Bag End</a>" after his Aunt Jane's Worcestershire farm. Tolkien wrote of Worcestershire, "Any corner of that county (however fair or squalid) is in an indefinable way 'home' to me, as no other part of the world is."<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-58">[55]</a> Worcestershire is one of the three counties associated with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Border_Morris?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Border Morris">Border Morris</a> style of English folk dancing. Worcestershire Monkey is a popular Border Morris dance; although normally performed as a group of eight, it is sometimes danced en masse with multiple Border Morris sides performing the dance together.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-59">[56]</a> Worcestershire appeared as one of the main settings in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/DreamWorks_Animation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="DreamWorks Animation">DreamWorks Animation</a> animated film <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shrek_the_Third?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Shrek the Third">Shrek the Third</a>. The director <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chris_Miller_(animator)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chris Miller (animator)">Chris Miller</a> said they chose Worcestershire because it is always being mispronounced. "It just made us laugh. Plus we love the sauce, it's hugely popular in the States." The film make multiple references to the real Worcestershire in the film, even commenting on the famous <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_sauce?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire sauce">Worcestershire Sauce</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-60">[57]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"> <h2 id="Media">Media</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=22&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Media" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"> <div class="thumb tmulti tright"> <div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"> <div class="trow"> <div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"> <div class="thumbimage"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Droitwichtransmitter.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Droitwichtransmitter.jpg/200px-Droitwichtransmitter.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="213" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2351" data-file-height="2500"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 213px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Droitwichtransmitter.jpg/200px-Droitwichtransmitter.jpg" data-alt="" data-width="200" data-height="213" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Droitwichtransmitter.jpg/300px-Droitwichtransmitter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Droitwichtransmitter.jpg/400px-Droitwichtransmitter.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> Masts at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Droitwich_transmitting_station?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Droitwich transmitting station">Droitwich transmitting station</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="trow"> <div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"> <div class="thumbimage"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg/200px-BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="134" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="429"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 134px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg/200px-BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg" data-alt="" data-width="200" data-height="134" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg/300px-BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg/400px-BBC_Hereford_And_Worcester.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> The Worcester offices of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BBC_Hereford_%26_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BBC Hereford & Worcester">BBC Hereford & Worcester</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Worcestershire has a long history in radio broadcasting. The county is home to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Droitwich_Transmitting_Station?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Droitwich Transmitting Station">Droitwich Transmitting Station</a> near <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wychbold?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wychbold">Wychbold</a>, currently broadcasting <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a> and commercial radio services - <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Absolute_Radio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Absolute Radio">Absolute Radio</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/TalkSport?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="TalkSport">TalkSport</a> on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/AM_broadcasting?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="AM broadcasting">Medium Wave/AM</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BBC_Radio_4?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Long_Wave?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Long Wave">Long Wave</a>. The site is the location of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Corporation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">British Broadcasting Corporation</a>'s most powerful long-wave transmitter, which during <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_War_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World War II">World War II</a>, coded messages read during normal programme broadcasts, were received by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/French_Resistance?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="French Resistance">French Resistance</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-61">[58]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-62">[59]</a> Lying close to the county's north western border is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Woofferton_transmitting_station?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Woofferton transmitting station">Woofferton Transmitting Station</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-63">[60]</a> which was used during the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cold_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> to broadcast the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Voice_of_America?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Voice of America">Voice of America's</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shortwave_radio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Shortwave radio">Short Wave</a> transmissions into the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eastern_Bloc?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eastern Bloc">Eastern Bloc</a> countries of Europe. These sets of transmitters are still in use today. In 1939, the BBC bought the historic <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wood_Norton,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wood Norton, Worcestershire">Wood Norton</a> site near Evesham, and equipped the premises with a dozen temporary studios. These were to be used in the event of an evacuation of the BBC's operations in London and other urban areas. By 1940; Wood Norton was one of the largest broadcasting centres in Europe with an average output of 1,300 radio programmes a week.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-64">[61]</a> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BBC_Monitoring?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BBC Monitoring">BBC monitoring service</a> were also based at Wood Norton, where linguists, many of them foreign nationals, were hired to listen in to broadcasts from Europe until they were relocated to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Caversham_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Caversham Park">Caversham Park</a> in early 1943. The move was made to release space at Wood Norton so that it could become the BBC's main broadcasting centre, should London have to be evacuated because of the threat from Nazi Germany's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/V-weapons?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="V-weapons">V-weapons</a>. The site was also prepared for use during the Cold War, as an emergency broadcast centre.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-65">[62]</a> The site is still in use for the BBC's engineering and technical training. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Television">Television</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=23&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Television" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The county's television news is covered by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BBC_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BBC West Midlands">BBC West Midlands</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ITV_Central?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="ITV Central">ITV Central</a> from its studios in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. Television signals are received from either the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ridge_Hill_transmitting_station?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ridge Hill transmitting station">Ridge Hill</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_transmitting_station?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sutton Coldfield transmitting station">Sutton Coldfield</a> TV transmitters. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-66">[63]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-67">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=24&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Radio" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BBC_Hereford_%26_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BBC Hereford & Worcester">BBC Hereford & Worcester</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hits_Radio_Herefordshire_%26_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire">Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire</a> broadcast to both Herefordshire and Worcestershire on analogue and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Digital_radio_in_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Digital radio in the United Kingdom">digital radio platforms</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-68">[65]</a> whilst <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Greatest Hits Radio Midlands">Greatest Hits Radio Midlands</a> broadcasts to Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn, Bewdley and Droitwich.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-69">[66]</a> A <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Community_radio_in_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Community radio in the United Kingdom">community radio station</a> - <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Radio_Wyvern?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Radio Wyvern">Radio Wyvern</a>, is licensed to serve the Worcester area.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-70">[67]</a> Meanwhile, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Capital_Mid-Counties?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Capital Mid-Counties">Capital Mid-Counties</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sunshine_855?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunshine 855">Sunshine Radio</a> and Like Radio, broadcast to the county on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/FM_broadcasting?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="FM broadcasting">VHF/FM</a> and/or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/DAB_Digital_Radio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="DAB Digital Radio">DAB Digital Radio</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-71">[68]</a> Historically; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands-based</a> radio stations such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BBC_Radio_WM?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BBC Radio WM">BBC Radio WM</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Free_Radio_Birmingham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Radio Birmingham">BRMB</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hits_Radio_Black_Country_%26_Shropshire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire">Beacon Radio</a> have considered parts of Worcestershire as their broadcast areas.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-72">[69]</a> However what were known as Wyvern, Beacon, BRMB along with Mercia are now known collectively as 'Hits Radio' and under the same <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bauer_Radio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bauer Radio">Bauer Radio</a> ownership.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-73">[70]</a> Other regional stations, such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heart_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heart West Midlands">Heart West Midlands</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Smooth_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Smooth West Midlands">Smooth West Midlands</a> also cover the county. In 2007 the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Office_of_Communications?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of Communications">Office of Communications</a> (Ofcom) awarded a DAB Digital Radio <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Multiplex_(television)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Multiplex (television)">multiplex</a> licence for Herefordshire & Worcestershire to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/MuxCo?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="MuxCo">MuxCo</a> Ltd.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-74">[71]</a> MuxCo proposed new stations and a digital radio platform for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Free_Radio_Herefordshire_%26_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire">Wyvern FM</a>, Sunshine Radio and BBC Hereford & Worcester, who were initially licensed to broadcast on VHF/FM and/or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/AM_broadcasting?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="AM broadcasting">AM</a>. MuxCo eventually launched in December 2013 following changes in legislation through the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2010?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Digital Economy Act 2010">Digital Economy Act 2010</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-75">[72]</a> and utilises existing transmitter locations at Great Malvern, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ridge_Hill?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ridge Hill">Ridge Hill</a> and Bromsgrove.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-76">[73]</a> The multiplex continues to uses the same transmission sites, albeit with an additional transmitter at Kidderminster<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-77">[74]</a> and broadcasts a combination of local and national services.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-78">[75]</a> In 2008, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/MXR_West_Midlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="MXR West Midlands">MXR</a>, who owned and operated the West Midlands regional DAB multiplex licence, improved coverage of DAB Digital Radio across other parts of the county to include Worcester and Malvern. This regional multiplex closed on 27 August 2013, partially replaced by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/CE_Digital?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="CE Digital">CE Digital</a>'s Birmingham DAB Multiplex, who opened new transmitters at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lickey_Hills?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lickey Hills">Lickey Hills</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Headless_Cross_(district)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Headless Cross (district)">Headless Cross</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-79">[76]</a> Ofcom has earmarked two potential 'Small Scale DAB' digital radio multiplexes within Worcestershire<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-80">[77]</a> - one at Worcester, and the other within Bromsgrove, Kidderminster and Redditch.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-81">[78]</a> The legal framework for the potential new multiplexes come under 'The Small-Scale Radio Multiplex and Community Digital Radio Order 2019'.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-82">[79]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"> <h2 id="Economy_2">Economy</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=25&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Economy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Worcestershire at current basic prices <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728091019/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf">published</a> (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Regional Gross Value Added<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-83">[80]</a></th> <th>Agriculture<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-84">[81]</a></th> <th>Industry<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-85">[82]</a></th> <th>Services<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-86">[83]</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td>5,047</td> <td>225</td> <td>1,623</td> <td>3,200</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>6,679</td> <td>159</td> <td>2,002</td> <td>4,518</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td>7,514</td> <td>182</td> <td>1,952</td> <td>5,380</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Industry_and_agriculture">Industry and agriculture</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=26&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Industry and agriculture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg/140px-Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="350" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="3000"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 140px;height: 350px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg/140px-Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg" data-width="140" data-height="350" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg/210px-Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg/280px-Lea_%26_Perrins_worcestershire_sauce_150ml.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lea_%26_Perrins?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lea & Perrins">Lea & Perrins</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_sauce?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire sauce">Worcestershire sauce</a> — the invention of two Worcester chemists </figcaption> </figure> Fruit farming and the cultivation of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Humulus_lupulus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Humulus lupulus">hops</a> were traditional agricultural activities in much of the county. During the latter half of the 20th century, this has largely declined with the exception southern area of the county around the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vale_of_Evesham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Vale of Evesham">Vale of Evesham</a>, where orchards are still worked on a commercial scale.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-87">[84]</a> Worcester City's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Coat_of_arms?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> includes three black pears, representing a now rare local pear variety, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_worcester_pear?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Black worcester pear">Worcester Black Pear</a>. The county's coat of arms follows this theme, having a pear tree with black pears. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Apple?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Apple">apple</a> variety known as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester_Pearmain?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester Pearmain">Worcester Pearmain</a> originates from Worcestershire, and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pershore?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pershore">Pershore</a> plum comes from the small Worcestershire town of that name, and is widely grown in that area. Worcestershire is also famous for a number of its non-agricultural products. The original <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire_sauce?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcestershire sauce">Worcestershire sauce</a>, a savoury condiment made by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lea_%26_Perrins?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lea & Perrins">Lea & Perrins</a>, is made in Worcester, and the now-closed Royal Porcelain works was based in the city. The town of Malvern is the home of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Morgan_Motor_Company?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Morgan Motor Company">Morgan</a> traditional <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sports_car?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sports car">sports car</a>. </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"> <h2 id="Education">Education</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=27&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-11 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-11"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> See also: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of schools in Worcestershire">List of schools in Worcestershire</a> </div> Worcestershire has a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Comprehensive_school?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Comprehensive school">comprehensive school</a> system with over thirty-five independent schools including the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/RGS_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="RGS Worcester">RGS Worcester</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_King%27s_School,_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="The King's School, Worcester">The King's School, Worcester</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_St_James?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern St James">Malvern St James</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_College?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern College">Malvern College</a>. State schools in Worcester, the Wyre Forest District, and the Malvern Hills District are two-tier <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Primary_school?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Primary school">primary schools</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secondary_school?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secondary school">secondary schools</a> whilst Redditch and Bromsgrove have a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Three-tier_education?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Three-tier education">three-tier system</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_school?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="First school">first</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Middle_school?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Middle school">middle</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_school_(upper_secondary)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="High school (upper secondary)">high schools</a>. Several schools in the county provide <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sixth-form?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth-form">Sixth-form</a> education including two in the city of Worcester. Several vocational colleges provide <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="General Certificate of Secondary Education">GCSE</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/GCE_Advanced_Level?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="GCE Advanced Level">A-level</a> courses and adult education, such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/South_Worcestershire_College?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="South Worcestershire College">South Worcestershire College</a>, and an agricultural campus of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Warwickshire_College?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Warwickshire College">Warwickshire College</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pershore?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pershore">Pershore</a>. There is also the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Worcester">University of Worcester</a>, which is located in the city itself and is home to the National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit and five other national research centres. </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(12)"> <h2 id="Towns_and_villages">Towns and villages</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=28&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Towns and villages" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-12 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-12"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg/220px-Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg/220px-Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg/330px-Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg/440px-Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_706524.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <figcaption> Due to its cathedral (pictured), the county town of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcester,_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> is the only settlement in the county with city status. </figcaption> </figure> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/County_town?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="County town">county town</a> and only city is Worcester. The other major settlements are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kidderminster?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kidderminster">Kidderminster</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bromsgrove?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bromsgrove">Bromsgrove</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Redditch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Redditch">Redditch</a>. There are also several <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Market_town?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Market town">market towns</a>: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malvern, Worcestershire">Malvern</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bewdley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Evesham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Evesham">Evesham</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Droitwich_Spa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Droitwich Spa">Droitwich Spa</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pershore?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pershore">Pershore</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tenbury_Wells?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tenbury Wells">Tenbury Wells</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stourport-on-Severn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stourport-on-Severn">Stourport-on-Severn</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Upton-upon-Severn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Upton-upon-Severn">Upton-upon-Severn</a>. The village of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hartlebury?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hartlebury">Hartlebury</a> housed the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bishop_of_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bishop of Worcester">Bishop of Worcester</a> from the 13th century until 2007. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> For a full list of settlements, see <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_places_in_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of places in Worcestershire">list of places in Worcestershire</a>. </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> See also: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_settlements_in_Worcestershire_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of settlements in Worcestershire by population">List of settlements in Worcestershire by population</a> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(13)"> <h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=29&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Places of interest" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-13 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-13"> <table class="toccolours" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:1em;"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Key</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 16px;height: 16px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" data-width="16" data-height="16" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_monastic_houses_in_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of monastic houses in England">Abbey/Priory/Cathedral</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"> <noscript> <img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 18px;height: 11px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" data-alt="Accessible open space" data-width="18" data-height="11" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td>Accessible open space</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Themepark_uk_icon.png?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png/15px-Themepark_uk_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="22" data-file-height="28"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 19px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png/15px-Themepark_uk_icon.png" data-width="15" data-height="19" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_amusement_parks_in_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of amusement parks in the United Kingdom">Amusement/Theme Park</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:CL_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/14px-CL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 14px;height: 14px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/14px-CL_icon.svg.png" data-width="14" data-height="14" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/21px-CL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/28px-CL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_castles_in_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of castles in England">Castle</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Country_parks.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Country Park"> <noscript> <img alt="Country Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/15px-Country_parks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="160"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 14px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/15px-Country_parks.svg.png" data-alt="Country Park" data-width="15" data-height="14" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/23px-Country_parks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/30px-Country_parks.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Country_park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Country park">Country Park</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:EH_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/14px-EH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 14px;height: 14px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/14px-EH_icon.svg.png" data-width="14" data-height="14" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/21px-EH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/28px-EH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/English_Heritage?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="English Heritage">English Heritage</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Forestry_Commission?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Forestry Commission">Forestry Commission</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:HR_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Heritage railway"> <noscript> <img alt="Heritage railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 16px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" data-alt="Heritage railway" data-width="16" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/24px-HR_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/32px-HR_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_British_heritage_and_private_railways?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#England" title="List of British heritage and private railways">Heritage railway</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic house"> <noscript> <img alt="Historic house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" data-alt="Historic house" data-width="15" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_historic_houses_in_England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of historic houses in England">Historic House</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Places of Worship"> <noscript> <img alt="Places of Worship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 16px;height: 16px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" data-alt="Places of Worship" data-width="16" data-height="16" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Religion in the United Kingdom">Places of Worship</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Museum_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Museum (free)"> <noscript> <img alt="Museum (free)" 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<noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/20px-Zoo_icon.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="27"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 20px;height: 14px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/20px-Zoo_icon.jpg" data-width="20" data-height="14" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/30px-Zoo_icon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_zoos_by_country?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#United_Kingdom" title="List of zoos by country">Zoo</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 13px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" data-width="13" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/20px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/26px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bewdley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a> – riverside historic Tudor town</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Broadway,_Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Broadway, Worcestershire">Broadway</a> – a picturesque Cotswold village</li> <li><a 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href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:NTE_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/15px-NTE_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/15px-NTE_icon.svg.png" data-width="15" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/23px-NTE_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/30px-NTE_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Elgar_Birthplace_Museum?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Elgar Birthplace Museum">Elgar Birthplace Museum</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Museum_icon_(red).svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 13px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" data-width="13" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/20px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/26px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li>Evesham Bell Tower</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Forge_Mill_Needle_Museum?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Forge Mill Needle Museum">Forge Mill Needle Museum</a> at Redditch, the only remaining working needle mill in the world. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Museum_icon_(red).svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 13px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" data-width="13" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/20px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/26px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Great_Malvern_Priory?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Great Malvern Priory">Great Malvern Priory</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 16px;height: 16px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" data-width="16" data-height="16" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Greyfriars,_Worcester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Greyfriars, Worcester">Greyfriars' House and Garden</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Museum_icon_(red).svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 13px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" data-width="13" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/20px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/26px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:NTE_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/15px-NTE_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/15px-NTE_icon.svg.png" data-width="15" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/23px-NTE_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/30px-NTE_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hanbury_Hall?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hanbury Hall">Hanbury Hall</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" data-width="15" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:NTE_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/15px-NTE_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/15px-NTE_icon.svg.png" data-width="15" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/23px-NTE_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/30px-NTE_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hartlebury_Castle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hartlebury Castle">Hartlebury Castle</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" data-width="15" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Harvington_Hall?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Harvington Hall">Harvington Hall</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" data-width="15" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kemerton_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kemerton Court">Kemerton Court</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" data-width="15" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malvern_Hills_AONB?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Malvern Hills AONB">Malvern Hills</a> – <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 18px;height: 11px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" data-width="18" data-height="11" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_and_Middle_Littleton?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North and Middle Littleton">Middle Littleton Tithe Barn</a> – a restored 13th-century tithe barn <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Museum_icon_(red).svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 13px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" data-width="13" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/20px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/26px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Morgan_Motor_Company?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Morgan Motor Company">Morgan Cars</a> – visitors centre and museum <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Museum_icon_(red).svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 13px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" data-width="13" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/20px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/26px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pershore_Abbey?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pershore Abbey">Pershore Abbey</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 16px;height: 16px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" data-width="16" data-height="16" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/River_Severn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="River Severn">River Severn</a> at Worcester and Bewdley, River Avon at Pershore or Evesham</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/River_Teme?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="River Teme">River Teme</a> and valley <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 18px;height: 11px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" data-width="18" data-height="11" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Severn_Valley_Railway?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Severn Valley Railway">Severn Valley Railway</a> at Kidderminster. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:HR_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 16px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" data-width="16" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/24px-HR_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/32px-HR_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tenbury_Wells?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tenbury Wells">Tenbury Wells</a> with its unique Pump Rooms.</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Commandery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Commandery">The Commandery</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Museum_icon_(red).svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 13px;height: 13px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/13px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" data-width="13" data-height="13" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/20px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/26px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Fleece_Inn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Fleece Inn">The Fleece Inn</a> – an ancient public house, now owned by the National Trust<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:NTE_icon.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/15px-NTE_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 15px;" 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<div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-19">^</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester">Simon de Montfort</a> had previously been engaged in a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England_(1066%E2%80%931290)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Increasing_persecution,_13th_century" title="History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)">campaign</a> of persecution of Jewish communities in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leicester?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>.</li> <li id="cite_note-22"><a 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New category created for the 2011 census</li> <li id="cite_note-23"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-23">^</a> In 2001 part of the 'Other' category. New category created for the 2011 census</li> </ol> </div> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(17)"> <h2 id="References">References</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Worcestershire&action=edit&section=33&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-17 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-17"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"> <div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-1">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-lord-lieutenant-of-worcestershire-15-december-2022">Number 10 website Accessed 2-3-2024</a>.</li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Worcestershire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-2">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3222638">"Privy Council Office-APPOINTMENT OF SHERIFFS"</a>. 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class="read-more-container"></div> </div> <div id="p-lang"> <h4>Languages</h4> <section> <ul id="p-variants" class="minerva-languages"></ul> <ul class="minerva-languages"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target">Afrikaans</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigre%25C4%258Beastres%25C4%258B%25C4%25ABr" title="Wigreċeastresċīr – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Wigreċeastresċīr" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ænglisc</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D9%2588%25D8%25B1%25D8%25B4%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25D8%25B1" title="ورشستر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ورشستر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Basa Bali</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2592%25D1%2583%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%258D%25D1%2580%25D1%2588%25D1%258B%25D1%2580" title="Вустэршыр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вустэршыр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%258E%25D1%2583%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%258D%25D1%2580%25D1%2588%25D1%258B%25D1%2580" title="Ўустэршыр – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ўустэршыр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%25A3%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%258A%25D1%2580%25D1%2588%25D1%258A%25D1%2580" title="Устършър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Устършър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swydd_Gaerwrangon" title="Swydd Gaerwrangon – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Swydd Gaerwrangon" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D9%2588%25D9%2588%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25D8%25B1%25D8%25B4%25D8%25B1" title="ووسترشر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ووسترشر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Frysk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaelg</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25EC%259A%25B0%25EC%258A%25A4%25ED%2584%25B0%25EC%2585%2594%25EC%25A3%25BC" title="우스터셔주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="우스터셔주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D5%258E%25D5%25B8%25D6%2582%25D5%25BD%25D5%25A9%25D5%25A5%25D6%2580%25D5%25B7%25D5%25AB%25D6%2580" title="Վուսթերշիր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վուսթերշիր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%25B5%25E0%25A5%2589%25E0%25A4%25B8%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%259F%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A4%25B6%25E0%25A4%25BE%25E0%25A4%25AF%25E0%25A4%25B0" title="वॉस्टरशायर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वॉस्टरशायर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Interlingua</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2592%25D1%2583%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D1%2588%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580" title="Вустершир – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Вустершир" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ирон</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D7%2595%25D7%2595%25D7%25A1%25D7%2598%25D7%25A8%25D7%25A9%25D7%2599%25D7%2599%25D7%25A8" title="ווסטרשייר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ווסטרשייר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kernowek</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ladin</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigorniensis_comitatus" title="Vigorniensis comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vigorniensis comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuster%25C5%25A1%25C4%25ABra" title="Vusteršīra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vusteršīra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuster%25C5%25A1yras" title="Vusteršyras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vusteršyras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="frr" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nordfriisk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li> <li 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hreflang="ru" data-title="Вустершир" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sicilianu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Worcestershire" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2592%25D1%2583%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D1%2588%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580" title="Вустершир – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Вустершир" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire" 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class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2592%25D1%2583%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D1%2588%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580" title="Вустершир – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Вустершир" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25B8%25A7%25E0%25B8%25B8%25E0%25B8%25A3%25E0%25B9%258C%25E0%25B8%25AA%25E0%25B9%2580%25E0%25B8%2595%25E0%25B8%25AD%25E0%25B8%25A3%25E0%25B9%258C%25E0%25B9%2580%25E0%25B8%258A%25E0%25B8%25AD%25E0%25B8%25A3%25E0%25B9%258C" title="วุร์สเตอร์เชอร์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วุร์สเตอร์เชอร์" 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