Wyre Forest in the Stour valley. These supplied iron from manufacture into finished iron goods mainly in the Black Country. Charcoal burning continued into the 20th century. A branch off the Severn Valley Railway known as the "Tenbury Line" once ran through the Wyre Forest. It broke off the main line north of Bewdley and crossed the River Severn at Dowles Bridge, the piers of which still remain. The main track has long been dismantled but the trackbed is now a walking route through the forest. The Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire containing the towns Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport on Severn takes
Droitwich RFC at The Reddings. In 1990 the club introduced its junior and mini section and this would grow steadily over the coming decade. The town of Droitwich Spa would also grow over the 1990s and this would see developers start to eye the surrounding land for potential development. This development included the ground at Hanbury Road and by 1998 the club decided to sell it off for £1.9 million. With the clubs future looking bright thanks to this money, Droitwich moved to their current home - the Glyn Mitchell Memorial Ground (named after one of the clubs founders) - which was