Kidderminster is a large market and historic minster town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, 17 miles south-west of Birmingham and 15 miles north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2011 census, it had a population of 55,530. The town is twinned with Husum, Germany.
Situated in the far north of Worcestershire, the town is the main administration centre for the wider Wyre Forest District, which includes the towns of Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley, along with other outlying settlements.