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The former Tomkinson and Adam carpet factory. Construction started pre-1875. Carpet production finally finished in 2003 and the site is in multiple occupancy as the Churchfields Business Park. The three storey building in the background is a wool store known as the 1902 building and is on the Local List of historic buildings. Quite a bit of the site has been demolished but three buildings are on the Local List.

Tucked away in what is now a back street, in the Horsefair area of Kidderminster, is this Kwik-Fit centre which replaces tyres, exhausts, brakes etc. It is also a MOT test centre.

The roads on the left and in the immediate foreground are two of the three sides of Horsefair Image The closed public convenience can be seen in the foreground and behind are a row of closed and boarded up shops etc. The street ahead in the distance is Churchfields, which has a lot of industrial premises fronting it; many still in use. The road going off to the right is Broad Street, which is partly industrial then residential.

New housing next to abandoned housing, which will presumably be replaced with new at some point. They have been in this state for well over a year, at least.

Much of this building looks in rather a sad state, although at least part of it is still occupied. The shopfront on the corner of Churchfields has not been used as a shop for some years.

This is a new statue of a galloping horse, unveiled on the 30th June 2011. It was made by Hertfordshire based artist, Tom Hill, from more than 500 old horseshoes. It is in the central triangle of land in the middle of the Horsesfair, which until recently was a bit of a mess. The statue certainly marks a further much-needed improvement in this area of the town. Image Image Image

This attractive galloping horse statue, made of old horseshoes, cost around £12,000 and was funded by Cox Homes, who have built some new housing in this area. The new statue was created by Tom Hill, who was chosen by local residents from a short-list of four. Originally there was to have been a statue of a white horse, with holes in its body, through which light would shine. Residents were very unhappy with this, and that design gained the nickname the "Edam Horse", because of some similarity with a piece of Edam cheese! Image Image

Part of the plinth of the life size statue of a galloping horse, showing the artist's name and date. Tom Hill, the creator of the statue, is 23 years old and based in Hertfordshire. Image Image

This central triangle of land, in the middle of Horsefair, has been much improved with the demolition of a decrepit old public toilet block, and other old buildings. Additionally, on the 30th June 2011, a new life size statue of a galloping horse was unveiled. This reinforces the origins of the area's name, when long ago horse fairs used to be held here. Although the statue is difficult to see in this view, it can be seen here:- Image This is how Horsefair looked in January 2009 (although photographed from a different position):- Image