Kinver

Also known as Kinver, Staffordshire

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Place details

Locality: South Staffordshire
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 4,723
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Kinver
UK place.population: 7,225
UK place.population_ref: (Kinver Ward) (2011 Census)
UK place.shire_district: South Staffordshire
UK place.shire_county: Staffordshire
UK place.region: West Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: South Staffordshire
UK place.post_town: Stourbridge
UK place.postcode_area: DY
UK place.postcode_district: DY7
UK place.dial_code: 01384
UK place.os_grid_reference: SO845835
UK place.static_image: 17th century houses along the High Street in Kinver - geograph.org.uk - 6802453.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Kinver High Street

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Wikidata facts

Population: 7225
Image: Kinver-postcard.jpg
Dialing code: 01384

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Commons category: Kinver
postal code: DY7
OS grid reference: SO845835
native label: Kinver
P8168: Zlatko Hebib

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Article

17 sections

Contents

The village today
The parish
Transport
History
Myths
Dick Whittington
Kinver Light Railway
Kinver Edge rock houses
Notable people
Sport
Drakelow tunnels / Drakelow RGHQ
Kinver Brewery
Further reading
Village twinning
See also
References
External links

Kinver is a large village in the District of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. The nearest towns are Stourbridge, West Midlands, Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal passes through, running close to the course of the meandering River Stour. According to the 2011 census Kinver ward had a population of 7,225.

== The village today ==