Mount Skipet

Mount Skipet is a memorial in Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, England. Mount Skipet is situated near Pockets Snooker/Pool Club, as well as near Baxter United Reform Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Kidderminster and Kidderminster College.

St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Kidderminster

Church

Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Kidderminster… St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Kidderminster is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Mount Skipet.

Kidderminster College

College

Photo: Mark Evison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kidderminster College is a post-16 comprehensive… Kidderminster College is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Mount Skipet.

St John’s Church, Kidderminster

Church

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John's Church, Kidderminster is a Church of England… St John’s Church, Kidderminster is situated 1,600 feet west of Mount Skipet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kidderminster and Franche.

Kidderminster

Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.

Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish…

Franche

Village

Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Franche is a village in Worcestershire, England, just outside Kidderminster.

Wolverley

Village

Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley, it forms… Wolverley is situated 1½ miles north of Mount Skipet.

Mount Skipet

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “At the top of these steps is Mount Skipet, the key site in the birth of the town’s carpet industry. Here from c. 1749 John Pearsall and John Broom based their partnership. Pearsall is regarded as the founder of the industry in 1735 when he wove the first”
Category: historic site
Location: Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.38826° or 52° 23′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.25411° or 2° 15′ 15″ west

Operator

Kidderminster Civic Society; Heritage Lottery Fund

Open location code

9C4V9PQW+89

OpenStreetMap ID

node 700852731

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pockets Snooker/Pool Club and Baxter United Reform Church.

Nearby Places

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