Cookley

Cookley
For the village in Suffolk, see Cookley, Suffolk.

Coordinates: 52°25′04″N 2°14′12″W / 52.41776°N 2.23668°W / 52.41776; -2.23668

Cookley
Eastern portal of Cookley Tunnel.jpg
Eastern portal of Cookley Tunnel
Cookley is located in Worcestershire
Cookley

 Cookley shown within Worcestershire
OS grid reference SO8480
District Wyre Forest
Shire county Worcestershire
Region West Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KIDDERMINSTER
Postcode district DY11
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament Wyre Forest
List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire

Cookley is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the north of Kidderminster, and close to the villages of Kinver and Wolverley. It lies on the River Stour, and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the civil parish of Wolverley and Cookley. At the time of the 2001 census had a population of 2,491.[1]

Village

Commerce within the village include a butchery, a post office and a tandoori – all of which are family-run. It also has a Tesco Express.

The village cricket team, which was founded in 1869, won the Haig Village Cricket Knockout Cup in 1977, beating Lindal Moor at Lord's.

The village is often used as a case study for the OCR GCSE geography course.

References

  1. ^ 2001 Census

External links

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Towns
Villages
Areley Kings  • Astley Cross  • Axborough  • Blakedown  • Blakeshall  • Bliss Gate  • Broome  • Caunsall  • Chaddesley Corbett  • Churchill  • Clows Top  • Cookley  • Drayton  • Franche  • Heightington  • Kingsford  • Ribbesford  • Rock  • Rushock  • Shenstone  • Stone  • Tanwood  • Upper Arley  • Wolverley
Civil parishes



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