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TOURISTS & VISITORS - Use our information to enhance your visit to this beautiful area.

If you are visiting Worcestershire and plan to visit the Pershore area or follow the River Teme into the borderlands of England and Wales, you will find information on these pages that will help you to make the most of your visit.

 

 

The River Teme flows from the Kerry Hills in Powys, Wales, through the borderlands of Shropshire and Herefordshire into Worcestershire where it joins the mighty River Severn just south of the City of Worcester. Volunteers who took part in the Go West Teme Valley project created a series of seven circular car journeys that criss-cross the 73 mile river course from its source to its confluence with the Severn.  Each section includes a map and  information about what to see and do in this beautiful and remote part of England.  The tours take you to tiny villages and hamlets, they are quiet and peaceful now but it hasn't always been so.  This is border country,  a region of ruined castles and ancient churches.  In fact there are over 70 ancient churches along the length of the Teme, many date from Norman times and are open for you to visit today. Use the Time Traveller's Guide to discover more about the parishes you visit and their ancient churches. Look for the blue listening posts in some of the Worcestershire churches.  When you find one switch it on and listen to the Stories from the Stones.

 

Pershore sits beside the River Avon, a river which rises near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire and travels through Warwickshire and Worcestershire before joining the River Severn at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.  Pershore was the focus of the Pershore Big Heritage Quest (PBHQ) a quest for information about the story of the area carried out by by local school children.  Their information was used to start a Time Traveller's Guide  to the area - the quest for information is ongoing.  It will be of interest to anyone interested in the history and heritage of the area and particularly useful to schools and families playing heritage detectives. Of course anyone can be a heritage detective and everyone will find something of interest in the Time Traveller's Guide!

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Children should NEVER go questing alone, they should be in the care of responsible adults at all times.

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  • HOME
    • Information for parents & grandparents
    • Information for tourists & visitors
    • Information for schools, churches, clubs & societies
    • Information about heritage detectives
  • EXPLORE
    • THE TEME VALLEY
      • RIVER TEME
      • Stage 1.
      • Stage 2.
      • Stage 3.
      • Stage 4.
      • Stage 5.
      • Stage 6
      • Stage 7
      • Paces to Visit
      • Teme Valley Churches
    • THE PERSHORE AREA
      • Visit Pershore
      • Visit Defford
      • Visit Drakes Broughton
      • Visit Eckington
      • Visit Elmley Castle
      • Visit Norton-juxta-Kempsey
  • THE TIME TRAVELLER'S GUIDE
    • PARISH HISTORIES
    • DEFFORD CUM BESFORD
      • Defford Explorer's Pack
      • Old Defford
    • DRAKES BROUGHTON & WADBOROUGH
      • Drakes Broughton Moments
      • Old Drakes Broughton
    • ECKINGTON
      • Old Eckington
    • ELMLEY CASTLE
      • Elmley snippets
      • Elmley Moments
      • Pershore Explorer's Pack
      • Old Elmley Castle
    • NORTON-JUXTA-KEMPSEY
      • Norton. Explorer's Pack
      • Norton knowledge sheet.
      • Old Norton
    • PERSHORE
      • Pershore knowledge sheet.
      • Pershore Wonder Points
      • Old Pershore
      • The Hundred of Pershore
      • Pershore Moments
    • STOULTON
    • THE INFORMATION LIBRARY
      • Church Fonts
      • Church towers
      • Parishes and Hundreds
      • Plums
  • HERITAGE DETECTIVES
    • DETECTIVE'S SCHOOL
      • Make detective's tools
      • Skills. Get to grips with time
      • Skills. Learn to use the Detective's Handbook
      • Skills. Learn to use a timeline
      • Skills. Get to grips with change
      • Skills. Learn to wonder.
      • Skills. Learn to ask questions
      • Your questions answered
      • Hints & Tips for Team Leaders
    • THE DETECTIVE'S HANDBOOK
      • SECTION 1. ARTHUR
      • Information for Arthur
      • Arthur's Quest - the full story
      • Reporting to Arthur
      • SECTION 2. YOUR MISSION
      • How to plan expeditions
      • Arthur's world today
      • How to listen, ponder & deduce
      • How to create trail routes
      • How to explore, spot and wonder
      • How to make & use timelines
      • How to get the knowledge
      • How to create story
      • How to make a wonder card
      • SECTION 3. THE GLOSSARY
    • HOW TO PLAY
    • EXPLORE WITH ARTHUR
    • EXPLORE A PLACE NEAR YOU
      • Defford knowledge sheet.
      • DRAKES BROUGHTON. Explorer's Pack
      • Drakes Broughton knowledge sheet
      • ECKINGTON. Explorer's Pack
      • Eckington knowledge sheet.
      • ELMLEY CASTLE. Explorer's Pack
      • Elmley Castle knowledge sheet.
  • ABOUT US
    • EXPLORE, FIND, DISCOVER.
    • Stories from the Stones
    • Contact Us
    • Archive
    • Quest Archive
      • The Quest for the Pershore Plum.
      • Pershore Abbey Quest.
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