Worcester station group Both stations are directly connected by train services and are about three quarters of a mile from each other. Worcester station group The Worcester station group is a station group of two railway stations in Worcester City Centre, England consisting of Foregate Street and Shrub Hill. The station group is printed on national rail tickets as WORCESTER STNS. Worcester Foregate Street is Worcester's most central and most used station, located on Foregate Street. It is served by trains towards Birmingham via Kidderminster or Bromsgrove, Hereford via Malvern, London Paddington via Oxford, Bristol Temple Meads via Gloucester. The station is managed
Gloucester Cathedral The most notable monument is the canopied shrine of Edward II of England who was murdered at nearby Berkeley Castle ("illustration below"). The building and sanctuary were enriched by the visits of pilgrims to this shrine. In a side-chapel is a monument in coloured bog oak of Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror and a great benefactor of the abbey, who was interred there. Monuments of William Warburton (Bishop of Gloucester) and Edward Jenner (physician) are also worthy of note. Between 1873 and 1890, and in 1897, the cathedral was extensively restored by George Gilbert Scott. In September