Hartlebury

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Hartlebury is a village in Worcestershire, England. It is a few miles south of Kidderminster and is in Wychavon district. The village registered a population of 2,549 in the Census 2001.

The railway station is about half a mile to the east of the village.

Hartlebury Castle, built in the mid-13th century as a fortified manor house, is the residence of the Bishop of Worcester, and two-thirds of the building is leased out to Worcestershire County Council as the County Museum. Hartlebury Castle is a Grade I listed building. It is about a mile to the west of the village and half a mile to the west of the church.

Formerly the location of Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School which closed in 1977. A private school occupies the site but is not connected with the Grammar School.