Wyre Forest

Coordinates: 52°23′20″N 2°15′18″W / 52.389°N 2.255°W / 52.389; -2.255

Wyre Forest District
Shown within Worcestershire
Geography
Status:	Non-metropolitan district
Region:	West Midlands
Admin. County:	Worcestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 169th 195.41 km²
Admin. HQ:	Stourport-on-Severn
ONS code:	47UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density	Ranked 226th 98,700 505 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.2% White
Politics
Wyre Forest District Council http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Richard Taylor, Bill Wiggin

This article is about the local government district in Worcestershire

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Wyre Forest is a local government district in Worcestershire, England, covering the towns of Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley, and several civil parishes and their villages Its council is based in Stourport-on-Severn.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974, as a merger of Bewdley and Kidderminster municipal boroughs, Stourport-on-Severn Urban District Council and Kidderminster Rural District Council.

The Wyre Forest parliamentary constituency, which covers most of the district, is represented by the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern MP Dr Richard Taylor. His party was the dominant party, but in the May 2008 local election, the Conservative Party took control of the council.^{[clarification needed]}

A wiki with over 2000 articles regarding the district has been created at Wyfopedia

Parishes in Wyre Forest District

Kidderminster is unparished.

• Areley Kings
• Bewdley
• Broome
• Chaddesley Corbett
• Churchill and Blakedown
• Kidderminster Foreign
• Ribbesford
• Rock
• Rushock
• Stone
• Stourport-on-Severn
• Upper Arley
• Wilden
• Wolverley and Cookley

Schools in Wyre Forest

• The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre
• The Chantry High School, Martley
• Wolverley C E Secondary School
• The Stourport High School & VIth Form Centre
• King Charles I. Secondary School
• Baxter College

References

External links

• Official District Council web site.