Droitwich RFC Droitwich RFC Droitwich Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire. The club runs three senior sides, two veterans teams, colts and a full set of mini (ages 6-11) and junior (ages 13-17) sides. The first XV currently plays in Midlands 1 West having been promoted as champions from Midlands 2 West (South) at the end of the 2017-18 season. Droitwich Rugby Football Club was formed in 1972. The clubs first games were played at St. Peter's Field, before moving to the nearby village of Hanbury on the outskirts of Droitwich Spa, where home
Droitwich Spa 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 of salt – ten times stronger than sea water and rivalled only by the Dead Sea. During the Roman era the settlement was known as "Salinae" and was located at the crossroads of several Roman roads. Railway construction in 1847 revealed Roman mosaic pavements, and later excavations unearthed a Roman