100 photos around Stourbridge

100 square kilometres around Stourbridge!

We must be mad to do this! 100 photos, one for each square kilometre around Stourbridge, arranged in a grid of 10 by 10 kilometres. Why? Because we believe this is without doubt the best way for visitors around the world to see what Stourbridge and the surrounding area is REALLY like, instead of just showing you what we want you to see. Click on one of the squares and it could be rural, suburban or industrial, such is the diversity of the region. Some of the photos are a bit dull due to lack of light at this time of year, so we will probably replace some of them. In time it would be great to do it all again in the Summer. Click here for (much better) flash version. See also: photos in one mile

A1	A2	A3	A4 King- swinford	A5	A6	A7	A8	A9	A10 Netherton
B1	B2	B3	B4 Wordsley	B5	B6	B7	B8 Brierley Hill	B9	B10
C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8	C9	C10
D1	D2 Stourton	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	D9	D10
E1	E2	E3	E4 Wollaston	E5	E6 Stourbridge	E7	E8	E9	E10 Cradley
F1 Kinver	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	F7	F8 Wollescote	F9	F10
G1	G2	G3	G4	G5 Norton	G6	G7 Pedmore	G8	G9	G10
H1	H2	H3	H4	H5	H6	H7	H8	H9	H10
I1	I2	I3	I4	I5	I6 Hagley	I7	I8	I9 Clent	I10
J1	J2	J3	J4 Churchill	J5	J6	J7	J8	J9	J10

Photos taken in December 2002/January 2003 using Fuji Finepix 601 Digital Camera

While taking the photographs we set one two ground rules. First, we tried to take our photos well within the one kilometre square i.e. avoiding the edges, using an OS map for guidance. The downside to this rule is that we could not take some of the photos that we wanted to, such as idyllic village scenes, or indeed Stourbridge town centre, but we had to stay true to the concept. If we had to take a photo that was close to one edge we shot it towards the centre of the square to compensate. Additionally, we tried to avoid taking photos that might have given the wrong impression about an area. For example, one of our photos of the Lodge Farm reservoir looked remarkably like the Lake District! So much so that we decided not to include it as Netherton is a predominantly residential area with housing all round the reservoir (Do you want to see it anyway ?). Even so, the photo we show still looks pretty good despite the dull weather. All photos are unmodified except for slight alterations to brightness where necessary. We chose not to use any zoom so the view in the photo is as you would see if you were actually there.