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Did You Know?

The city is best known for its magnificent Cathedral but is also famous for the world renowned Worcester Porcelain, the piquant Worcestershire Sauce and the most picturesque cricket ground in the country.

NOT a lot of people may know this, but Worcester can lay a very decent claim to being the oldest inhabited settlement in the UK. Its history stretches back around 5,000 years and even as recently as the late 1600s it was the largest town in the Midlands.

The Severn is the longest River in Britain, stretching 220 miles to the sea at the Bristol Channel.  The River Severn flows from north to south through Worcestershire meandering its way through a variety of town and villages including Bewdley, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcester and Upton upon Severn.

Being in existence for over fourteen centuries, the Worcester Cathedral is one of the oldest churches in the world and still continues its purpose of being a place for worship and prayers.

Very few people know that the locals often call the city ‘The Woo’

We are home to the iconic Morgan motor car; the HQ of Halfords Cycles and GKN; base of leading engineers and boiler makers Bosch; home to QinetiQ, international experts in defence, aerospace and security; and a cluster of technology businesses and innovators of international acclaim.

Worcester was formerly one of Britain’s leading glove-making areas and some leather companies employed people living in surrounding villages who made fine gloves by hand in their cottages.

One of England’s most famous Kings is buried in the Cathedral. Most kings of England were buried in Westminster Cathedral in London, but King John wanted to be different.

How did Worcester get to be called "Wormtown"? The moniker was bestowed upon the city by L.B. Worm, a locally famous disc jockey who coined the name in the late 1970's when rock 'n' roll was in it's punk heyday of green hair and pierced body parts.

The remains of a 4,000 years-old Bronze Age burial site have been incorporated in a car park at Perdiswell, Worcester, making it the first park-and-ride scheme in Britain to be part of the nation’s historical heritage.

Berrow’s Worcester Journal is the World’s oldest surviving newspaper.  It has been continually published each week for over 300 years. Most back copies are now kept bound in the City Library.

One of England’s most famous Kings is buried in Worcester Cathedral. Most kings of England were buried in Westminster Cathedral in London, but King John wanted to be different.

Famous ‘Game of Thrones’ actor Kit Harrington who played ‘Jon Snow’ lived in here from the ager of 11 and has said he thinks of the city as home.