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Cutnall Green, Worcestershire. July morning from the field at the top of New road hill.

Cutnall Green

(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction W)

The village of Cutnall Green lies amidst the rich agricultural landscape of Worcestershire, a short distance away from the old spa town of Droitwich...

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Coughton Court  home of the Throckmorton family

Coughton

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction SE)

The village of Coughton is dominated by the Magnificent building of Coughton Court...

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Kidderminster parish church. August 2006.

Kidderminster

(9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction NW)

This town was once the carpet capital of England, with carpets from its mills transported to all parts of the world...

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The town of Halesowen in the West Midlands

Halesowen

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction N)

For several centuries Halesowen was a farming region and despite the spread of urban sprawl the region still has nearby open beauty spots...

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Worcester

Worcester

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction SW)

Worcester is a city dominated by its glorious Romanesque cathedral built between the 12th and 14th centuries...

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Taken from the Norton Road

Stourbridge

(10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction N)

Within the vast urban sprawl that surrounds Birmingham, otherwise known as the City of a Thousand Trades, lies the once great centre for crystal glassware, Stourbridge...

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Wolverley Church, Wolverley, near Kidderminster (taken from the Canal)

Wolverley

(10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction NW)

Wolverley is a charming village at the heart of rural Worcestershire. It was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, but it is believed a settlement was there long before that...

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Alcester

Alcester

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction SE)

Alcester developed as a market town in Roman times. It grew out of a settlement at the meeting point of two roads and two rivers, the Arrow and the Alne...

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Canoes by Dowles Bridge

Bewdley

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction W)

The graceful arches of the bridge designed by Thomas Telford (1757-1854) are a dominant feature of this lovely old town which nestles on the banks of the River Severn...

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Botanical gardens, Birmingham.

Edgbaston

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction NE)

Edgbaston is a district of wide leafy roads lined with elegant houses, lately these have become interspersed with more modern buildings, yet the suburb has somehow managed to retain much of its 19th and early 20th century charm...

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Hanbury Hall with the gardens in full bloom

Hanbury Hall

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction S)

Hanbury Hall is an impressive brick-built, stone-dressed house from around 1700, in the style of Christopher Wren and probably.....

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Looking across Rubery and Rednal from the Beacon Hill, Lickey Hills Country Park.

Lickey Hills Country Park

(5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction NE)

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Waseley Hills Country Park

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction N)

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Harvington Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Fantastic place.

Harvington Hall

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction NW)

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Arrow Valley Country Park, Redditch

Arrow Valley Country Park

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction E)

Arrow Valley Country Park has 900 acres of public open space and incorporates the 27 acre Arrow Valley Lake, popular for fishing,.....

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View over Dudley from the Clent Hills Country Park, Clent, Worcestershire

Clent Hills Country Park

(7.7 miles, 12.3 km, direction N)

A glorious countryside haven in the heart of the Midlands...

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Rear of Hartlebury Castle, Worc's

Hartlebury Castle

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction W)

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Hawford Dovecote

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction SW)

A curious crooked timbered-dovecote dating from the 16th-century, combine it with a visit to nearby Hanbury Hall...

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Leapgate Country Park

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction W)

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Coughton Court, Front

Coughton Court

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction SE)

Imposing Tudor house set in beautiful gardens with a fascinating collection of Catholic treasures...

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