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Stourbridge

Stourbridge
Foster Street, Stourbridge - geograph.org.uk - 907117.jpg
Foster Street, Stourbridge; leading towards the railway station
Stourbridge is located in West Midlands county
Stourbridge
Stourbridge
Stourbridge shown within the West Midlands
Population 63,298 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SO899844
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STOURBRIDGE
Postcode district DY7 - DY9
Dialling code 01384, 01562
Police West Midlands
Fire West Midlands
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
West MidlandsCoordinates: 52°27′27″N 2°08′52″W / 52.4575°N 2.1479°W / 52.4575; -2.1479

Stourbridge /ˈstaʊərbrɪ/ is a large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically a part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley.

The population, as recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,480, increasing to 63,298 at the 2011 Census. Stourbridge is included in the Stourbridge parliamentary constituency, currently held by Margot James of the Conservative Party.

Stourbridge is a part of the West Midlands metropolitan county and conurbation, in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. Stourbridge is located about 13 miles west of Birmingham, at the edge of the industrial Midlands, located between Kidderminster and Dudley.


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