Wordsley North sits in the northern part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, immediately adjacent to the town of Stourbridge. It blends suburban streets and pockets of semi-rural countryside, with local shops and community facilities serving long-standing residential neighbourhoods and newer housing; good road links make commuting into Birmingham and Wolverhampton straightforward.
The area has a strong industrial heritage linked to glassmaking, and reminders of that past include the distinctive Red House Cone; elsewhere old institutional sites such as Wordsley Hospital have been redeveloped in recent years. Today the ward combines that historic character with a quiet, local feel - a mix of family homes, small businesses and green spaces popular with walkers.
Postcode districts covering Wordsley North
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 12 miles
- Wolverhampton 7.8 miles
- Dudley 3.1 miles
- Walsall 10.2 miles
- Telford 19.1 miles
- West Bromwich 8.4 miles
- Solihull 15.5 miles
- Sutton Coldfield 15.3 miles
- Worcester 19.7 miles
- Cannock 16.2 miles
- Redditch 16.1 miles
- Tamworth 22.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Kingswinford Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Kingswinford South Ward 0.8 miles
- Brierley Hill & Wordsley South Ward 1 mile
- New Wood Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Amblecote Ward 1.4 miles
- Wollaston & Stourbridge Town Ward 1.5 miles
- Brockmoor & Pensnett Ward 1.5 miles
- Kingswinford North & Wall Heath Ward 1.6 miles
- Brierley Hill Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Lye & Stourbridge North Ward 2 miles
- Stourton Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Stourbridge Built-up area 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Wordsley North
DY8 5TF, DY8 5RE, DY6 8LU, DY6 8PP, DY6 8PL, DY6 8NF, DY6 8PW, DY6 8RG, DY6 8PT … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 17.4 miles
- East Midlands Airport 42.4 miles
- Stourbridge Town Railway Station 1.9 miles
- Lye Railway Station 2.3 miles
Hotels near Wordsley North Ad
- Copthorne Hotel Merry Hill-Dudley 4 1.9 miles
- The Suites Inn Hotel in Dudley-Birmingham 4 1.4 miles
- Premier Inn Dudley 3 1.3 miles
- The Suites Inn Hotel 1.3 miles
- Premier Inn Stourbridge Town Centre 3 1.8 miles
- Village Hotel Birmingham Dudley 3 4.4 miles
- Himley House Hotel 3 2.7 miles
- The Station Hotel and Banqueting 4.1 miles
- Premier Inn Hagley 3 4.1 miles
- Premier Inn Dudley Town Centre 3 4.3 miles
Schools in Wordsley North
- Ashwood Park Primary School Primary
- Belle Vue Primary School Primary
- Dingle Community Primary School Primary
- The Wordsley School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Hagley Hall Country house 4.2 miles
- Molineux Stadium Stadium 7.7 miles
- Aggborough Stadium 7.8 miles
- The Hawthorns Stadium 8.4 miles
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Recreation 8.5 miles
- Bescot Stadium Stadium 9.2 miles
- Selly Oak Colleges Library Library 9.6 miles
- Patshull Hall Estate 9.7 miles
- Davenport House Estate 9.9 miles
- Wyre Forest Forest 10.5 miles
- Upper West Mall Shopping centre 11.2 miles
- University of Aston in Birmingham University 11.4 miles