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Kidderminster Fire Station, Castle Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11

Land size
0.91 acres

Key Features

  • Prominent location in Kidderminster Town Centre
  • Close to local amenities
  • Adjacent to residential properties and commercial premises

Description

Location:

The property is situated on Castle Road, Kidderminster, in a mixed-use area of predominantly secondary retail and residential properties next to the River Stour. Kidderminster Town Centre is approximately 0.5 mile north via Park Lane and Worcester City Centre is approximately 14 miles south via the A449. The property is located approximately 0.5 miles to the west of Kidderminster Railway Station which provides a direct service to Birmingham New Street and Worcester.

Description:

The site extends to approximately 0.91 acres (0.37 ha) gross and comprises the original 1929 fire station building to the main frontage (extending to 371 sq m), a 1950s addition (extending to 742 sq m), a 5 storey drill tower with additional training accommodation (extending to 98 sq m) and double garage and lecture building to the rear of the site. The remainder of the site is generally hard surfaced providing parking and circulation.
The broadly L-shaped site is accessed directly from Castle Road and shares an entrance with an adjoining historic monument. The boundaries of the property are the River Stour along the entire left hand boundary, when viewed from the road, Castle Road provides the front boundary with commercial and historic sites to the remaining two boundaries.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-07-18

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Foley Park Primary Academy971 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    219
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Ambrose Catholic Primary991 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    207
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • St John's CofE Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    224
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Holy Trinity School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    723
    Type
    Free schools
  • St George's CofE School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    223
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • King Charles I School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,140
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Holy Trinity School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    723
    Type
    Free schools
  • Baxter College0.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    766
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Wolverley CofE Secondary School2.3 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    964
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Bewdley School2.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    970
    Type
    Foundation school

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Tesco Kidderminster Superstore, Kidderminster80 metres
Farmfoods Kidderminster, Kidderminster192 metres
Aldi Kidderminster, Kidderminster218 metres

GP surgery

The Church Street Practice535 metres

Pharmacy

Tesco Instore Pharmacy81 metres

Hospital

Kidderminster Hospital774 metres

Green space

Public Park Or Garden361 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Kidderminster Rail Station815 metres

Nearest bus stop

New Road117 metres

Typical drive times

Bewdley7 min · 3.1 miles
Stourbridge15 min · 8.2 miles
Kidderminster2 min · 0.8 miles
Worcester (city)25 min · 15 miles
Stourport-on-Severn9 min · 4.1 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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