Franche
Franche is a village in Worcestershire, England, just outside Kidderminster. It is served by two main bus services. These are service 297 operated by Arriva Midlands and service 12 operated by Wyre Forest Dial-a-ride.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Worcestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Franche, Worcestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Habberley and St John’s Church, Kidderminster.
Habberley
Nature reserve
Habberley was one of the hamlets of the ancient parish of Kidderminster in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is now divided so that part of it is an area of the town of Kidderminster and part of it is within the civil parish of Kidderminster Foreign.
St John’s Church, Kidderminster
Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Church, Kidderminster is a Church of England parish church in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The church is a Grade II listed building.
St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Kidderminster
Church
Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Kidderminster is a Grade I listed Major Parish Church in the Church of England in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolverley and Kidderminster.
Wolverley
Village
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley, it forms a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It is 2 miles north of Kidderminster and lies on the River Stour and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Kidderminster
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, located 20 miles south-west of Birmingham and 12 miles north of Worcester. Population: 57,400…
Cookley
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cookley is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the north of Kidderminster. Also, a few miles south-west of Stourton, Staffordshire and is close to the villages of Kinver and Wolverley. Cookley is situated 2 miles northeast of Franche.
Franche
Latitude
52.40008° or 52° 24′ 0″ northLongitude
-2.2679° or 2° 16′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C4VCP2J+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 702937134OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q5479736
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Franche” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Franche, Worcestershire”
- French: “Franche”
- Irish: “Franche, Worcestershire”
- Polish: “Franche (Worcestershire)”
- Polish: “Franche”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ferndale and Habberley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Barnabas Community Hall and St Barnabas.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Franche”. Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.