- Wyre Forest (district)
"For the woodland in Shropshire and Worcestershire, see
Wyre Forest - for the district in Lancashire, seeWyre "Wyre Forest is a local government district in
Worcestershire ,England , covering the towns ofKidderminster ,Stourport-on-Severn andBewdley . Its council is based inStourport-on-Severn .The district was formed under the
Local Government Act 1972 , on1 April 1974 , as a merger of Bewdley and Kidderminstermunicipal borough s, Stourport-on-SevernUrban District Council andKidderminster Rural District Council.The Wyre Forest parliamentary constituency, which covers most of the district, is represented by the
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern MP Dr Richard Taylor. His party was the dominant party, but in the May 2008 local election, the Conservative Party took control of the council.A wiki with over 1000 articles regarding the district has been created at [http://www.wyfopedia.org.uk/ Wyfopedia]
Parishes in Wyre Forest District
Kidderminster is unparished.*
Areley Kings
*Bewdley
*Broome
*Chaddesley Corbett
*Churchill and Blakedown
*Kidderminster Foreign
*Ribbesford
*Rock
*Rushock
*Stone
*Stourport-on-Severn
*Upper Arley
*Wilden
*Wolverley and Cookley
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