Redditch
Redditch is a town and borough in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, northwest of Alcester and northeast of Worcester. The borough had a population of 87,037 in 2021. In the 19th century, it became a centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry.
Redditch
Redditch
10 April 1964
15 May 1980
Redditch
Non-metropolitan district council
20.95 sq mi (54.25 km2)
240th
430 ft (130 m)
86,996
272nd
4,150/sq mi (1,604/km2)
81,635
- 48.9% Christianity
- 40% no religion
- 4.2% Islam
- 0.4% Hinduism
- 0.1% Judaism
- 0.4% Sikhism
- 0.2% Buddhism
- 0.4% other
- 5.5% not stated
GMT
01527
47UD (ONS)
E07000236 (GSS)
90% of the world's needles were manufactured in the town and its surrounding areas.[6] In the 1960s, it became part of the new town planning movement which included it expanding into neighbouring villages and hamlets surrounding the town. It is the second largest settlement in Worcestershire, after Worcester.
Media[edit]
Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central. Television signals are received from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter. [17]
Local radio stations are BBC Hereford and Worcester, Heart West Midlands, Radio Wyvern, Capital Mid-Counties, Greatest Hits Radio Midlands, Free Radio, and Smooth West Midlands.
Redditch's local newspapers are The Redditch Standard and Redditch Advertiser. [18] [19]
In popular culture[edit]
The 2012 film Sightseers is partly set in Redditch.[21]
Redditch is featured in a section heading in An Utterly Impartial History of Britain by John O'Farrell.[22]
Birmingham and national TV comedian Jasper Carrott makes Redditch a repeated butt of his jokes, for example over the difficulty of escaping the Redditch ring road.[23]
There is a listed theatre in Redditch called the Palace Theatre.
Redditch sport teams include: