Editing Stourbridge (section)

==Geography==
Stourbridge is about {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=off}} west of [[Birmingham]]. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley at the southwestern edge of the [[Black Country]] and the [[West Midlands conurbation]], Stourbridge includes the villages and suburbs of [[Amblecote]], [[Lye, West Midlands|Lye]], [[Norton, Dudley|Norton]], [[Oldswinford]], [[Pedmore]],[[ Stambermill]], [[Stourton, Staffordshire|Stourton]], [[Wollaston, West Midlands|Wollaston]], [[Wollescote]] and [[Wordsley]].

Much of Stourbridge consists of residential streets interspersed with green spaces. [[Mary Stevens Park]], opened in 1931, has a lake, a bandstand, a cafe, and open spaces. There are two other large parks also gifted to Stourbridge people by the Stevens family, one in Lye/Wollescote and the other in Quarry Bank.

Bordered by [[green belt]] land, Stourbridge is close to countryside with the [[Clent Hills]] to the south and southwest [[Staffordshire]] and [[Kinver Edge]] to the west.

===Closest cities, towns and villages===
{{Geographic location
|title = Destinations from Stourbridge
|Northwest = [[Claverley]], [[Coalport]], '''[[Bridgnorth]]''', [[Ironbridge]], '''[[Telford]]''', [[Much Wenlock]], [[Cressage]], [[Wellington, Shropshire|Wellington]], [[Cross Houses]], [[Craven Arms]], '''[[Shrewsbury]]''', '''[[Oswestry]]''', '''[[England–Wales border|England–Wales Border]]'''
|North     = [[Amblecote]], [[Wordsley]], [[Kingswinford]], [[Himley]], [[Wombourne]], [[Sedgley]], '''[[Wolverhampton]]''', '''[[Cannock]]''', [[Hednesford]], [[Rugeley]], [[Penkridge]], '''[[Stafford]]'''
|Northeast = [[Withymoor Village|Withymoor]], [[Brierley Hill]], [[Quarry Bank]], [[Netherton, West Midlands|Netherton]], '''[[Dudley]]''', [[Tipton]], [[Oldbury, West Midlands|Oldbury]], '''[[West Bromwich]]''', [[Coseley]],  '''[[Wednesbury]]''', [[Great Barr]], [[Darlaston]], '''[[Walsall]]''', '''[[Sutton Coldfield]]''', '''[[Erdington]]''', '''[[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]]''', [[Burntwood]], '''[[Lichfield]]''', '''[[Burton-upon-Trent]]'''
|West      = [[Wollaston, West Midlands|Wollaston]], [[Stourton, Staffordshire|Stourton]], [[Kinver]], [[Enville, Staffordshire|Enville]], [[Alveley]], [[Highley]], [[Cleehill]], '''[[Church Stretton]]''', '''[[Ludlow]]'''
|Centre    = Stourbridge
|East      = [[Lye, West Midlands|Lye]], [[Cradley, West Midlands|Cradley]], [[Tanhouse]], [[Halesowen]], [[Blackheath, West Midlands|Blackheath]], [[Harborne]], [[Edgbaston]], [[Smethwick]], '''[[Birmingham]]''', [[Tyseley]], [[Stechford]], '''[[Birmingham Airport]]''', '''[[Coventry]]'''
|Southwest = [[Norton, Stourbridge|Norton]], [[Iverley]], '''[[Kidderminster]]''', '''[[Bewdley]]''', '''[[Stourport]]''', [[Cleobury Mortimer]], [[Tenbury Wells]], [[Bromyard]], [[Leominster]], '''[[Hereford]]'''
|South     = [[West Hagley]], [[Blakedown]], [[Chaddesley Corbett]], [[Droitwich Spa]],  '''[[Worcester, England|Worcester]]''', [[Pershore]], [[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]], [[Tewkesbury]], '''[[Cheltenham]]''', '''[[Gloucester]]'''
|Southeast = [[Oldswinford]], [[Pedmore]], [[Wollescote]], [[Hagley]], [[Clent]], [[Romsley, Worcestershire|Romsley]], [[Belbroughton]], [[Catshill]], '''[[Bromsgrove]]''', '''[[Redditch]]''', [[Alcester]], '''[[Stratford-upon-Avon]]''', '''[[Warwick]]'''
}}