Alfrick Pound

Alfrick Pound
Alfrick Pound is located in Worcestershire
Alfrick Pound
Alfrick Pound
Location within Worcestershire
OS grid referenceSO744521
• London108 miles (174 km)
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWORCESTER
Postcode districtWR6
Dialling code01886
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands

Alfrick Pound is a small village in the county of Worcestershire, England, in the United Kingdom. It is part of the civil parish of Alfrick, which in 2021 had a population of 528.[1]

Location

Alfrick Pound village is located on the edge of the Malvern Hills area, approximately ten miles west of Worcester near the Suckley Hills and is set in a very rural area.

History and amenities

It has a very small population of residents and a small number of properties. History tells us that the Alfrick Pound was once an area where stray livestock were held in a pound until the owner was traced or turned up to reclaim them, incurring a small fine in order to do so.

Many of the original houses that stand are half-timbered cottages, an old pub (once called the Wobbly Wheel Inn),[2] a small village school, bakery and even a small police house. None of these are still used for their original purpose and have been modernised and made into private residences though still revealing their old architecture.

A small lane[3] opposite the old Wobbly wheel Inn leads up to the Knapp Nature Reserve.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Alfrick". City population. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Shields, Maxine. "Wobbly Wheel".
  3. ↑ "open map data". get the data. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Knapp and Papermill Nature Reserve". Retrieved 4 February 2020.