Wyre Forest District

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wyre Forest District
Wyre Forest
Location in Worcestershire
status District
region West Midlands
Administration County Worcestershire
Administrative headquarters Stourport-on-Severn
surface 195.41 km² (191.)
Residents 98,600 (229.)
ONS code 47UG
Website www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk

Wyre Forest is a district in the county of Worcestershire in England . The administrative seat is the city of Stourport-on-Severn . Other significant places are Bewdley and Kidderminster .

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 and was the result of the merger of the Municipal Boroughs Bewdley and Kidderminster, the Urban District Stourport-on-Severn and the Rural District Kidderminster.