Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, 4 miles to the south of Kidderminster and downstream on the River Severn from Bewdley. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 20,653. This building was never finished, and after suffering storm damage, had to be partly demolished. The current St. Michael's church sits partially within its ruins. The baptismal font was salvaged from the ruins of the old church, and is still used in the current building.

In 1944, the town was the location of a famous address to US army troops by General George S. Patton. Stourport Civic Centre, which is now used as an events venue, was completed in 1966.

In 1968 the Transport Act designated the canal a "cruise way" for pleasure purposes.

The town is the birthplace of singer-songwriter Clifford T. Ward.

See also

  • Stourport Ring
  • Stourport-on-Severn railway station
  • Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company
  • Stourport power stations
  • Tontine Buildings, Stourport
  • The Stourport High School and Sixth Form Centre

References

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  • The official Stourport-on-Severn website