Barges moored along the peaceful Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. SCO 8840.
Kinver is a beautiful village just 5 minutes drive away from Stourbridge. The River Stour that gave Stourbridge its name also runs alongside the village. The existence of the village was first recorded in 736AD as CYNIBRE, meaning "great hill". There is an abundance of fantastic old buildings in and around the village, such as the old Grammar School and the Whittington Inn. Please see photos below. But perhaps even more impressive is Kinver Edge, three hundred acres of national trust land within easy walking distance of the village itself. Kinver Edge, like nearby Clent Hills, was once the nearest thing Stourbridge people had to a holiday, if you had no money, you walked it, if you had some money, you took the tram! The tramway started in Amblecote, Stourbridge and travelled though lovely scenery to the village of Kinver itself. Sadly the tramway was removed many years ago, today only grandparents remember it.
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Location: Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Kinver Lock. Dunsley. Stourbridge. England.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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