Cookley
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Coordinates: 52°25′04″N 2°14′12″W / 52.41776°N 2.23668°W
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 Eastern portal of Cookley Tunnel |
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 Cookley
Cookley shown within Worcestershire |
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| OS grid reference | SO8480 |
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| District | Wyre Forest |
| Shire county | Worcestershire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KIDDERMINSTER |
| Postcode district | DY11 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Wyre Forest |
| List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire | |
Cookley is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the north of Kidderminster, and close to the villages of Kinver and Wolverley. It lies on the River Stour, and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the civil parish of Wolverley and Cookley. At the time of the 2001 census had a population of 2,491.[1]
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Commerce within the village include a butchery, a post office and a tandoori – all of which are family-run. It also has a Tesco Express.
The village cricket team, which was founded in 1869, won the Haig Village Cricket Knockout Cup in 1977, beating Lindal Moor at Lord's.
The village is often used as a case study for the OCR GCSE geography course.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cookley |
- Cookley Community Website
- photos of Cookley and surrounding area on geograph
- Cookley Cricket Club's Official Website
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