Tourism and Retail

In the Severn Valley Railway and the West Midlands Safari Park we already have two major tourist attractions, and with the developments around Weavers Wharf and the Kidderminster town centre Wyre Forest is becoming an attractive place for shoppers: we must encourage them to become tourists as well.

To this end I have already held two meetings with representatives of the SVR and the Railway Museum, Bewdley Museum, Hartlebury Museum, the Kidderminster Carpet Museum Trust, the Churchill Forge and the District Council, and we are about to involve British Waterways in our work towards an Industrial Heritage Trail. 
We have all the components and with the renovation of the Stourport docks and Lichfield Basin, we could offer a fascinating tour for people who have finished their shopping and wish for a glimpse into the past of the carpet industry with a working Jacquard loom, the forerunner of the computer made of wood and card, steam railways, canals and docks, forest crafts and heavy metal work before modern power sources were available.

All those working so hard for Opportunity Bewdley and Stourport Forward are to be congratulated on their vision and huge efforts to use the money available under the Market Towns initiative to the best advantage.

I will support the improvements in Kidderminster around Comberton Hill, the Horsefair and Foley Park and all efforts to restore a cinema to the area.

Promoted and printed by Malcolm Cooper on behalf of  Dr. Richard Taylor
of  Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern,
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