Welcome to Worcestershire in the South
Midlands.
From history to industry, landscape to
architecture, scenery to solitude.
This county has it all!
These pages are an attempt to bring you some of the best of Worcestershire.
(God's country, as some local people are fond of saying). It certainly seems to
be blest in many ways, not least with the weather. Often when the news tells us
of bad or severe conditions elsewhere, this county seems to escape all but a
smattering of the worst effects. Commuters who travel 15 to 20 miles to work in
Birmingham from central Worcestershire can tell you of many occasions when there
is 3 or 4 inches of snow in Birmingham while it is dry at home and probably 5
degrees warmer. What we do suffer with, more than most places, at least down the
central part of the county, is flooding. This is due to the fact that the
longest river in Britain runs through the heart of it, and there is also a
tributary that contributes enormous amounts of water to the flow in the lower
half of the county. Because both rivers rise in Central Wales, they are affected
more by the rain in the Welsh hills than by local rainfall. As Central Wales has
a huge rainfall compared to Worcestershire, this means we sometimes have floods
without a lot of local rain. Still we seem to be fortunate in missing the worst
of the serious storms, blizzards and what have you that often devastate other
parts of the British Isles. Have a look around the site and see why the author
felt drawn to illustrate the county in which he has lived for all of his life.
You can find articles and information about different aspects of the County
of Worcestershire, and read about some of it's history. There will eventually be
links to other sites, of interest to anyone wanting more information on the
county. A lot of the content is
drawn from other people's observations, in which case there will be an
acknowledgement of that. The author is grateful for the help from, and
contributions made to these pages by, friends and acquaintances so named. The
site is still being built and also constantly in the process of being updated, so
please excuse any hitches you may have with links to some of the pages (due also
to the author being on a steep learning curve). Please feel free to email any
(constructive) comments you would like to make about the site.
You can reach the author at james@thisisworcs.20m.com
To discover some of the history and the beauty of one part
of Worcestershire click below -
