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Droitwich works well as a base: 5 minutes from Wychbold, 30km from Tewkesbury Abbey.
Droitwich is in England, United Kingdom, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Wychbold, about 4 km away.
Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town and civil parish in the Wychavon district, in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately 22 miles (35 km) south-west of Birmingham and 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Worcester. In 2021 the parish had aRead more
population of 25,027.
The town was called Salinae in Roman times, then later called Wyche, derived from the Anglo-Saxon Hwicce kingdom, referred to as "Saltwich" according to Anglo-Saxon charters, with the Droit (meaning "right" in French) added when the town was given its charter on 1 August 1215 by King John. The "Spa" was added in the 19th century when John Corbett developed the town's spa facilities. The River Salwarpe running through Droitwich is likely derived from sal meaning "salt" and weorp which means "to throw up" - i.e. "the river which throws up salt" - which overflows from the salt brines.
The town is situated on massive deposits of salt, and salt has been extracted there since ancient times. The natural Droitwich brine contains 2+1⁄2 pounds per imperial gallon (0.25 kg/L) of salt, ten times stronger than sea water and rivalled only by the Dead Sea.
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Within an hour or so of Droitwich: Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb (18 km), Morgan Motor Company (19 km), Black Country Living Museum (29 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (29 km).
The nearest famous roads are Gospel Pass, A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth) and Elan Valley Mountain Road (Rhayader to Aberystwyth).
Droitwich is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Wychbold.
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racetrack
The world's oldest motorsport venue still using its original course, running since 1905. A 1,000-yard blast up a wooded Worcestershire hillside, steeped in Edwardian racing heritage.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
The last family-owned British car maker in Malvern, offering factory tours where hand-crafted sports cars are built.
19 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Open-air museum rebuilding an industrial Black Country town: canal boats, a working replica Newcomen engine, 1930s fish and chips fried in beef dripping, and a coal mine walk. A key Peaky Blinders filming location.
29 km · about 35 min drive
film location
The open-air museum in Dudley provides the canal-side streets and workshops of Peaky Blinders' Small Heath.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
A Norman abbey church with the tallest surviving Romanesque tower in the world, saved from dissolution by the townspeople.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A folly castle crowning the Cotswold escarpment at 1,024 feet, with views across 16 counties from the second-highest point.
34 km · about 40 min drive
April to October
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