Charford is a small village located close to the town centre of Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century...

 in Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

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History

Charford used to be farm land with a mill, Charford Mill (known as The Lint Mill) provided employment by the manufacture of sanitary towels and wound dressings but was derelict for many years until it was demolished to make way for South Bromsgrove High School

South Bromsgrove High School

South Bromsgrove High School is a co-educational, comprehensive secondary school in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. It is located opposite the housing estate of Charford. The school holds Specialist Language College and Technology College College status...

 which retained the old mill pond at the front of the complex. This however has since been filled in due to the demolition and redevelopment of the school on an adjacent field though the sluice gate can still be seen to the side of the Sugarbrook that runs along the front of the school off Charford Road.

The original housing estates of Charford were built for workers of the Garringtons Automotive factory in nearby Aston Fields

Aston Fields

Aston Fields is a village in the district of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, United Kingdom. It is situated to the south of Bromsgrove and is the site of Bromsgrove railway station. It was the location of Bromsgrove railway works, established in 1841, which was a maintenance facility for the Birmingham...

 that provided car components for various companies.

Transport

Bus services in Charford are provided by First Midland Red

First Midland Red

First Midland Red is a bus company operating in Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands. The company was formed in 1981, and until 1999 was known as Midland Red West...

, Diamond Bus

Diamond Bus

Diamond is a bus operator in the West Midlands, formed in 1986 as The Birmingham Coach Company.-Birmingham Coach Company:The company was created in 1986 as the Birmingham Coach Company operating a single route, 16, in competition with West Midlands Travel....

, Clearway and MRD Travel. There are routes to Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century...

, Droitwich, Worcester

Worcester

The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...

, Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

 and Redditch

Redditch

Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry...

. Bromsgrove railway station

Bromsgrove railway station

Bromsgrove railway station serves the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. It is located at the foot of the two-mile Lickey Incline which ascends at a gradient of 1-in-37.7 towards Barnt Green on the line between Birmingham and Worcester. The station opened as part of the Birmingham and Gloucester...

 is situated in the adjacent village of Aston Fields with train services to Birmingham, Worcester and Hereford

Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...

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Education

Charford has two schools; Charford First School and South Bromsgrove High School

South Bromsgrove High School

South Bromsgrove High School is a co-educational, comprehensive secondary school in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. It is located opposite the housing estate of Charford. The school holds Specialist Language College and Technology College College status...

, the latter having been recently rebuilt on the original playing fields as a brand new modern complex. The old buildings were demolished by DSM Demolition and the land is now a car park for staff and visitors.

Notable residents

• Joyce Carpenter (1929–73) who was the shortest adult ever in the UK at 74 cm (29ins).