Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa is twinned with: Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to "Droitwich") is a town in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south of Birmingham and west of Redditch. 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
Tenbury Railway Mortimer (Shropshire), Neen Sollars and Newnham Bridge. Engineers Line references place the junction of the two railways at a point 7 chains (154 yards) from Tenbury Station. In 1878 the GWR opened a loop line between Bewdley and Kidderminster. Most of the traffic from the Wyre Forest Line continued via this route, which was described in working timetables as the “Woofferton, Tenbury Wells, Bewdley and Kidderminster Branch”. The former Tenbury Railway between Woofferton and Tenbury Wells closed on 31 July 1961, although the station at Tenbury remained in use until the section between Tenbury Wells and Bewdley closed for passengers