Kidderminster works well as a base: 10 minutes from Bewdley, 17km from Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb.
Kidderminster is in England, United Kingdom, with about 57,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Bewdley, about 5 km away.
Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Birmingham and 15 miles (24 km) north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2021 census, it had a population of 57,400. The town is twinned with Husum,Read more Germany.
Situated in the far north of Worcestershire (and with its northern suburbs only 3 and 4 miles from the Staffordshire and Shropshire borders respectively), the town is the main administration centre for the wider Wyre Forest District, which includes the towns of Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley, along with other outlying settlements.
Within an hour or so of Kidderminster: Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb (17 km), Black Country Living Museum (19 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (19 km), The Peter James Collection (27 km).
Are there any good drives near Kidderminster?
The nearest famous roads are Gospel Pass, A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth) and A54 Congleton to Buxton.
Where is Kidderminster?
Kidderminster is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Bewdley.
Road trip
Drive to Kidderminster
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Black Country Living 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
film location
Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders)
The open-air museum in Dudley provides the canal-side streets and workshops of Peaky Blinders' Small Heath.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
The Peter James Collection
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Morgan Motor Company
The last family-owned British car maker in Malvern, offering factory tours where hand-crafted sports cars are built.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Ironbridge Gorge
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Land Rover Experience Solihull
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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National Motorcycle Museum
The world's largest collection of British motorcycles with over 1,000 machines spanning a century of manufacturing near Solihull.
37 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Kidderminster
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
54 kmCleeve HillThe highest point of the Cotswolds at 330 m, an open common above Cheltenham with views to the Malverns and Wales.
66 kmSymonds Yat RockA famous viewpoint 504 feet above the River Wye, where peregrine falcons nest and the river performs a dramatic horseshoe bend.
72 kmGospel PassThe highest road pass in Wales at 549m, a narrow single-track lane over the Black Mountains between Hay-on-Wye and Llanthony, with vast views across the Wye Valley from beneath Hay Bluff.
77 kmWaun FachThe highest point of the Black Mountains at 811m, a broad peaty summit above the Vale of Ewyas and the Gospel Pass.