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Worcestershire - Historic County - England

Key Towns - Bromsgrove Droitwich Dudley Evesham Great Malvern Kidderminster Pershore Redditch Stourbridge

Worcestershire - Historic County - England Worcestershire located in the West Midlands of England, an area famous for both it's carpets and porcelain. The famous Malvern Hills, some of the oldest in the World, mark the western boundary, stretching for five miles and providing excellent walking country and breathtaking views. Broadway in Worcestershire is known as ‘The Jewel Of the Cotswolds’ with Broadway Tower the highest point on the Cotswolds ridge, overlooking 13 counties from the observation room. Picturesque market towns of Upton, Malvern and Pershore. Evesham is a bustling market town on the banks of the river Avon with many interesting buildings like the Round House, a 15th century timbered building and the Town Hall which dates from 1586. Evesham Vale is renowned for its farm shops and 'Pick Your Own' fruit and vegetables. Worcester is one of the old cathedral cities with a splendid Norman Cathedral as well as being the home of Royal Worcester porcelain. Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings is a eclectic collection of buildings spanning seven centuries, all rescued and re-built in the heart of rural Worcestershire. Tranquillity of canal-side walks with the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal and the Droitwich Canal. The Wyre Forest is one of the largest surviving areas of ancient semi-natural woodland left in Great Britain.
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Largest collection of Worcester Porcelain See the prototype of the smallest vase ever made at Worcester. Made for Queen Mary's Dolls House and measures only 3cm high. The Worcester Porcelain Museum houses the world's largest collection of Worcester Porcelain. The Museum cares for over 10,000 objects made between 1751 and the present day. See the Royal Worcester porcelain wagon, that would have been piled high with grapes and ribbons attached to each side so that the guests could pull it from one end of the dining table to the other. See the works of Thomas Bott who would lick the end of his paint brush to obtain a fine point, unfortunately he died at the age of 41 because the white enamels he used contained large quantities of arsenic.		See 13 Counties in One Day A glorious Gothic folly, Broadway Tower is one of England’s outstanding viewpoints and, at 1024 feet (312m) above sea level, it is the second highest point on the Cotswold Ridge. The roof viewing platform gives you views of the Vales of Evesham and Gloucester and on a clear day you may also see across the Severn Valley and as far as the Welsh Mountains. The park in which the tower sits, caters for the interests of any age group, from the red deer to the magnificent architecture of the Tower, beautiful nature walks and restaurant.
Walking Walking in Worcestershire Grand Union Canal Walk Liberty Trail Heart of England Way	Locations Malvern Hills Broadway Tower Wyre Forest Bredon Hill Nnr	Events Asparagus Festival Bewdley Festival Evesham Balloon Festival Evesham River Festival	Snippets Sorry - we don't currently have any articles on this subject for this area.