Wyre Forest
Wyre Forest is a large, semi-natural woodland and forest measuring 26.34 square kilometres which straddles the borders of Worcestershire and Shropshire, England. Knowles Mill, a former corn mill owned by the National Trust lies within the forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Knowles Mill and Northwood Halt railway station.
Knowles Mill
Watermill
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Knowles Mill is the remains of an eighteenth-century water-powered grain mill, located in the Wyre Forest in Worcestershire, England. The mill has been owned by the National Trust since 1938.
Northwood Halt railway station
Railway station
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Northwood Halt is an unstaffed request stop on the Severn Valley Railway in Worcestershire, situated a little to the north of Bewdley on the outskirts of the Wyre Forest at the north end of North Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Button Oak and Bewdley.
Button Oak
Hamlet
Button Oak is a small village in the English county of Shropshire, England. It is 3 miles north west of Bewdley. Button Oak is very similar to nearby village Kinlet, in whose civil parish it lies, and Button Bridge which are also small residential areas.
Bewdley
Bewdley is a market town in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, on the banks of the River Severn near Kidderminster. Bewdley is a popular tourist destination and is known for the Bewdley Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, and the well preserved Georgian riverside.
Fingerpost
Locality
Fingerpost is a hamlet and road junction in north Worcestershire, England, approximately 3 miles west of Bewdley. It is located at the junction of the A456 and A4117 roads, on the edge of the Wyre Forest and is named for a notable fingerpost that once existed at this historic junction. Fingerpost is situated 2 miles southwest of Wyre Forest.
Wyre Forest
- Type: Forest
- Description: large, semi-natural woodland in England
- Category: royal forest
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Wyre Forest” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wyre basoa”
- Cebuano: “Wyre Forest”
- Latin: “Viriana Sylva”
- Polish: “Wyre Forest”
- Swedish: “Wyre Forest”
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