Kidderminster Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Located in the county of Worcestershire, around 17 miles southwest of Birmingham, is the town of Kidderminster.

Built around the River Stour, which in turn is a tributary of the River Severn, Kidderminster is situated at the junction of several main roads to Birmingham, Dudley, Worcester and other key towns in the west midlands region.

From as early as the 16th century, Kidderminster was a cloth-producing town. Various other industries were adopted in the town, perhaps the most significant being carpet making from the early 18th century. This became the staple trade of the town. In the late 18th century the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal opened, which helped the industry to grow. Kidderminster Railway Station opened in 1854 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.

Kidderminster is the birthplace of the modern postal system. Sir Rowland Hill, who was born here, is credited with inventing the postage stamp - the very first of which being the Penny Black in 1840. A statue of Hill is located just outside the town hall on Vicar Street.

The other statue we see in the video is of Richard Baxter. This is situated just outside St Mary and All Saints' Church (around the end) where he served as a minister between 1641 and 1661, with a temporary break during the Civil War. He is remembered mainly for the transformation his pastoral ministry effected on Kidderminster.

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Filmed: 25th February 2021

Link to the walk on Google Maps: Unavailable for this walk as Google glitches out at St Marys Ringway.

Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Rode Stereo VideoMic Pro.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Oxford Street
2:35 Vicar Street
3:07 Weavers Wharf
4:03 River Stour
4:11 Crown Lane
5:22 Pitts Lane
5:36 Bull Ring
5:49 River Stour
6:01 Bull Ring
6:45 Church Street
8:23 St Marys Ringway
9:33 St Mary and All Saints' Church
10:22 St Marys Ringway
10:49 Richard Baxter Statue
11:19 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal