Fingerpost is a hamlet and road junction in north

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...

, England, approximately west of

Bewdley Bewdley ( pronunciation) is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, England on the banks of the River Severn. It is in the Severn Valley west of Kidderminster and southwest of Birmingham. It lies on the River Sev ...

. It is located at the junction of the A456 and A4117 roads, on the edge of the

Wyre Forest __NOTOC__ Wyre Forest is a large, semi-natural (partially unmanaged) woodland and forest measuring which straddles the borders of Worcestershire and Shropshire, England. Knowles Mill, a former corn mill owned by the National Trust, lies wi ...

and is named for a notable

fingerpost A fingerpost (sometimes referred to as a guide post) is a traditional type of sign post primarily used in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, consisting of a post with one or more arms, known as fingers, pointing in the direction o ...

that once existed at this historic junction. Fingerpost is in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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and the

Wyre Forest District Wyre Forest is a local government district in Worcestershire, England, covering the towns of Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley, and several civil parishes and their villages. Its council was previously based in Stourport-on-Severn, ...

. The parish council erected a large commemorative stone near the Fingerpost junction for the

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of Queen

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.Geograph
(''erroneously described'') Further along the A4117 is

Far Forest Far Forest is a small village in north Worcestershire, England, approximately west of Bewdley, and next to the border with Shropshire. It is on the A4117 road, on the edge of the Wyre Forest near Fingerpost, Worcestershire, Fingerpost. Far For ...

, beyond which is

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

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Hamlets in Worcestershire Transport in Worcestershire {{Worcestershire-geo-stub

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