Alfrick
| Alfrick | |
| Worcestershire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO748530 |
| Location: | 52°10’29"N, 2°22’7"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 528 |
| Post town: | Worcester |
| Postcode: | WR6 |
| Dialling code: | 01886 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Malvern Hills |
Alfrick is a village in the west of Worcestershire, in the Suckley Hills, a ridge extending due north from the dramatic Malvern Hills by Malvern. The village is in the lands between the River Teme to the north and the Leigh Brook to the south (which join two miles east of Alfrick), a mile from the border of Herefordshire and about seven miles west of the county town, Worcester. Immediately to the south is a hamlet, Alfrick Pound..
The 2021 census counted 528 people in the parish.
Once an agricultural farming village, Alfrick is now mainly a dormitory village for nearby Worcester and Great Malvern.
Society
The annual Alfrick and Lulsley Village Show attracts visitors from across the county and its neighbours.
There is a village hall and a recreational field. The war memorial on the village green lists the names of 95 men killed in war. The village shop and Post Office closed in July 2011 when the owners retired, but in June 2012 the Alfrick and Lulsley Community Shop opened, manned by volunteers.
Nearby is the Knapp and Papermill nature reserve owned by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. In 2012 the Trust agreed to buy a small area of woodland adjoining the reserve.[1]
The village had a pub, the Swan, in its centre until about 2000.
Church
The village church, St Mary Magdalene, has original sandstone window casings, Dutch stained glass and exposed internal roof beams. On the exterior of its tower is a sundial.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Alfrick) |
References
- ↑ Rob Allen March 2013 Buy or not to buy, pp58-59 Worcestershire Life Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.