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Holly Court, KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 2HP

This is the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at the northern fringe of Kidderminster. The housing is built on the former Stourvale Iron Works (closed 1962?) around Alder Avenue and Ox Bow Way. The names certainly suggest it has been developed near what was flood prone or potentially wet land. A flood prevention embankment is now in place to control water encroaching from the Stourvale Wetland by the River Stour (off to the left). The area north and west of the housing is now a nature reserve. https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/things-to-see-do-and-visit/countryside-and-nature/nature-reserves/stourvale-nature-reserve.aspx

These new apartments are by Stour Vale (off to the left). On the right, development of the former Clensmore Mills site is in progress. The canal embankment is being turfed and prepared for the planting of trees and shrubs, which will be decorative, and stabilise the soil. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

This is the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at the northern fringe of Kidderminster. The housing ahead is built around Alder Avenue on the site where Stourvale Iron Works (closed 1962?) was. That name certainly suggests it has been developed near flood prone or potentially wet land. A flood prevention embankment is now in place to control water encroaching from the Stourvale Wetland by the River Stour. That area, (off to the left) is now a nature reserve. https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/things-to-see-do-and-visit/countryside-and-nature/nature-reserves/stourvale-nature-reserve.aspx

Off to the left is a large housing development on the site where Clensmore Mills used to be. Here the embankment has been rebuilt, with subsurface membrane, new turf, and trees and shrubs to stabilise the soil and minimise erosion. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

These apartments were built c2012 on the former Stourvale Iron Works site by Stourvale Wetland. The two road names, Alder Avenue and Ox Bow Way suggest very strongly the type of land found nearby, now a designated nature reserve. https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/things-to-see-do-and-visit/countryside-and-nature/nature-reserves/stourvale-nature-reserve.aspx

Near the site of the former Stourvale ironworks, between bridges 17 and 18 on the Staffs and Worcs canal.

Looking north-east from near the canal. Although it looks like a path, this is Alder Avenue. The towpath and Sustrans Route 54 are behind the camera. The modern housing development is on the former Stourvale Iron Works site. Notice the grassy embankment which gives protection from flooding by the River Stour, which is off to the left, as is the Stourvale Nature Reserve.

Much of this housing development is on the former Stourvale Iron Works site. Sustrans Route 54 for cyclists diverges from the towpath to the River Stour bank (off to the left) for over five hundred metres here. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-54/

The housing development on the left is on the former Stourvale Iron Works site. To the right of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal housing is still being built on former sandpits and farmland. The River Stour and Stourvale Nature Reserve are off to the left. Sustrans Route 54 for cyclists passes along the towpath. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-54/

This shows the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The River Stour and Stourvale Nature Reserve are off to the left. Alder Avenue leads to the left of the housing. New housing is still being built off to the right. Sustrans Route 54 for cyclists passes along the towpath here. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-54/