Kingsford

Kingsford is a large hamlet in Worcestershire, England. It is located within the civil parish of Wolverley and Cookley, which had a population of 4,960 in 2021.

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Type: Locality
Description: hamlet in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Kingsford, Worcestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kinver Edge and St Peter’s Church.

Kinver Edge

Cliff

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Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, about four miles west of Stourbridge, and four miles north of Kidderminster, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire, England.

St Peter’s Church

Church

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St Peter's Church, Kinver is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Kinver, Staffordshire, England. The church, which contains fragments from a 12th-century Norman structure, dates primarily from the early 14th century with substantial 15th-century extensions. St Peter’s Church is situated 1½ miles east of Kingsford.

Wolverley Church of England Secondary School

School

Wolverley CofE Secondary School is located in the village of Wolverley, near Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England. The mixed gender school has approximately 670 students on roll and opened in 2007 following the closure of its predecessor, Wolverley High School, as part of the local area reorganisation from three-tier education. Wolverley Church of England Secondary School is situated 1½ miles south of Kingsford.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinver and Caunsall.

Kinver

Village

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Kinver is a large village in the District of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. Kinver is situated 1½ miles east of Kingsford.

Caunsall

Hamlet

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Caunsall is a village in Worcestershire, England a few miles to the north of Kidderminster and close to the villages of Kinver, Cookley and Wolverley. It lies on the River Stour, and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Caunsall is situated 2 miles southeast of Kingsford.