Accommodation Near Wordsley

Staying near Wordsley

Wordsley is a suburban village in the Dudley borough, north of the River Stour, with Kingswinford to the north, Brierley Hill to the east, Stourbridge to the south and open Staffordshire countryside to the west.

There were glassworks in Wordsley from 1776 until 1930, the famous replica of the Roman Portland Vase was cut here and the Red House Glassworks survives and has been restored. Holy Trinity Church was consecrated in 1831, the A491 passes through and the Stourbridge Canal descends here in a flight of locks.

Wordsley Hospital closed in 2005. The village's post town is Stourbridge and its ward had 12,582 residents at the 2011 census.

The Red House Cone on the Stourbridge Canal at Wordsley is thought to be the only complete glass cone of its kind still standing. Wordsley is counted among the villages and suburbs of Stourbridge.

Kingswinford is about 5 miles by road from the house and Stourbridge town centre is about 3 miles away.

The Red House Cone was completed in 1794, stands 90 feet high and was used by the Stuart Crystal firm until 1936. It is Grade II* listed and is kept as a museum by Dudley Council.

Stourbridge, the post town, takes its name from a bridge over the River Stour. The A491 that passes through Wordsley forms part of the one-way Stourbridge Ring Road.

The Red House Cone was listed on 23 September 1966.

Wordsley ward lies north of the River Stour, in the DY8 postcode district of Stourbridge.

Wordsley is about 4 miles by road from the house, The Merry Hill Lounge in Brierley Hill, which sleeps up to 10 with free off-road parking.

Place facts from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordsley · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stourbridge · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_House_Glass_Cone. Road distances measured on OpenStreetMap, 6 October 2026.