Alvechurch railway station

Alvechurch ( ALV-church) is a large village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district in northeast Worcestershire, England, in the valley of the River Arrow. The Lickey Hills Country Park is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the northwest. It is 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Birmingham, 5 mi (8 km) north of Redditch and 6 mi (10 km) east of Bromsgrove. At the 2001 Census, the population was 5,316.

Alvechurch Church of England Middle School (formerly 'Alvechurch Church of England Primary School') is a coeducational Church of England middle school located in the village of Alvechurch in Worcestershire, England. As of 2020 it had around 430 pupils from ages 9 to 13. Pupils from Alvechurch Middle School tend to feed into either South Bromsgrove High School or North Bromsgrove High School. Previously a voluntary controlled school administered by Worcestershire County Council, in April 2017 Alvechurch Church of England Middle School converted to academy status. The school is part of the same building as the Alvechurch Public Library.

Alvechurch Football Club is a football club based in Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Lye Meadow.

A441 is an A-road in England which runs from central Birmingham to Cookhill, Worcestershire.

The Bittell Reservoirs (grid reference SP017748) are located in Worcestershire between Barnt Green to the south and the Birmingham district of Longbridge to the north. They consist of the Upper (Upper Bittell) and Lower (Lower Bittell) reservoir. They were built to feed the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, which was finished in the 1790s, however, the reservoir was not completed until 1837. The 'Upper' reservoir is to ensure that the level of the canal is kept sufficiently high, even in times of drought. The 'Lower' reservoir(s) are compensatory reservoirs to ensure that the local area does not become parched in dry times. The "Upper" reservoir can be seen as a form of insurance. A dried up, i.e. unusable, canal would have been disastrous for the owners of the canal as well as the artisans and tradesmen who relied upon it for a living. The irony of the reservoir is the length of time it took to build: only 6 years after it was finished the Birmingham & Gloucester railway was built alongside, mitigating the economic reasoning behind the large investment. The reservoirs are quite obscure nowadays, however they are used actively. Today one can fish in several places, especially on the lower reservoirs. The upper reservoir is used for sailing and windsurfing, and is the home of the Barnt Green Sailing Club. The reservoir is also used by 1st Kings Norton Sea Scout Troop who occupy a large boathouse on the south east shore. The Upper reservoir is also used for open water swimming in the summer months by the local triathlon club. One bank of the reservoir is inaccessible because it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). During the early 20th century, the bird life of the reservoirs was regularly recorded by the West Midland Bird Club, long before such site-monitoring became commonplace. They were also visited regularly by a young Bill Oddie. The Telegraph (Wednesday 15 November 2017 page 32) reported that during draining of Upper Bittell they found 500 critically endangered European eels. They were rehomed in the canal that the reservoir feeds.

Hopwood is a small settlement in Worcestershire, located south of Birmingham, England on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The settlement is developed around an inn, where users of the canal would have broken their journey. Today's Hopwood is the location of Hopwood Park services, a motorway service station on the M42 motorway. Places nearby include: Barnt Green, Alvechurch, Bittell Reservoir and Longbridge.

Barnt Green railway station serves the village of Barnt Green, North Worcestershire, England. It is situated 9+1⁄2 miles (15.3 km) south west of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains. Barnt Green station is at the point of a 'Y' shaped junction between the main line towards Bromsgrove, Worcester and the south-east, and the branch line to Redditch which is part of the Cross-City Line. It has platforms on both lines, until 2018 only the Redditch line platforms saw regular services, however since Cross-City Line services were extended to Bromsgrove, the main line platforms now also see regular use.

Bordesley is a village north of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England. Bordesley primarily comprises houses alongside the A441 Birmingham Road between Redditch and Alvechurch. Bordesley is probably named for nearby Bordesley Abbey.

Barnt Green House is a building at Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.It was once a residence of the local nobles, the Earls of Plymouth. Queen Victoria is reputed to have spent the night there. The house was bought by Other Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth in 1811, from the previous occupants, the Yates family. Records state that the house was built in 1651, however it appears to have been extensively refurbished in the early 19th century, in a Tudorbethan style. The building has lost almost all of its grounds and is now a wine bar and gastropub, known as the Barnt Green Inn.

Rowney Green is a village in the English county of Worcestershire. Today the village consists of over one hundred (mostly detached) homes, a village hall, a chapel, several horse riding stables and a couple of farms. The population of Rowney Green was approximately 300 people in 2014. The area is surrounded by agricultural land, providing grazing for livestock (mostly sheep) and domestic horses.

Cofton Hall is a country house on the Lickey Hills near Cofton Hackett, in the Bromsgrove District of north east Worcestershire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.Most of the original 14th century building has been destroyed, by a deliberate fire during the English Civil War after a visit by King Charles I, however the hall with a hammer-beam roof survives. The rest of the building was constructed in the 18th century.

Cofton railway station was a station in Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire, England. The station was opened as the temporary northern terminus during the construction of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, later reopening as a through station for two years. See also entry for Croft Farm railway station.