{"id":769271,"date":"2026-09-13T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769271\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:00:15","slug":"celebrities-living-in-worcestershire-and-the-areas-they-chose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769271\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities living in Worcestershire and the areas they chose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  While some celebrities are drawn to the county&#8217;s rural charm and privacy, others have put down roots in some of Worcestershire&#8217;s most sought-after locations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  From rock legends, TV stars, and English footballers, a wide mix of celebrity professions has chosen to call the county home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/25256909.worcestershire-village-jack-grealish-celebs-call-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zReHs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Worcestershire village Jack Grealish and celebs call home<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Here are some of the best-known names living in Worcestershire and the areas they chose to live in:\n<\/p>\n<p>  Robert Plant<\/p>\n<p>\n  Led Zeppelin frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26527541.robert-plant-led-zeppelin-enjoys-spice-fusion-food\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Robert Plant<\/a> is perhaps one of Worcestershire&#8217;s most famous residents.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The rock legend has allegedly lived for years in the village of Shatterford, near Bewdley and Kidderminster, on the edge of the Wyre Forest.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Stella McCartney<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fashion designer Stella McCartney has been associated with properties in the countryside around north Worcestershire.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The famous Gucci fashion designer, daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, had obtained listed building planning permission to carry out extensive restoration at a place in Bishampton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/7694633.house-of-mccartney-restored\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in 2002<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Worcester News previously reported that McCartney bought the farmhouse for \u00a31.3m in 2001 as a retreat from her London residence.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Toyah Willcox<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26481482.toyah-wilcox-receive-university-worcester-doctorate\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Willcox<\/a>, who lives in Pershore, has recorded 25 albums, achieved 13 Top 40 singles, and appeared in more than 20 feature films and over 40 stage productions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She lives in Pershore with her husband, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, and has been known to regularly cite her love for the area.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Jamelia<\/p>\n<p>\n  Superstar singer Jamelia, who was on\u00a0Strictly Come Dancing last year, lives in Barnt Green after regionally being from Birmingham.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One of\u00a0Jamelia&#8217;s claims to fame was her hit single Stop was played in the film Bridget Jones while Bridget was spying on Mark to see if he was cheating on her.\n<\/p>\n<p>  England Footballers<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is rumoured that the village Barnt Green has attracted three\u00a0renowned England football players &#8211; Jack Grealish,\u00a0Jude Bellingham and\u00a0Ollie Watkins\u00a0who it is said have properties or investments in the\u00a0area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  According to the Daily Mail,\u00a0Jude Bellingham bought a plot of land in\u00a02024 for a\u00a0five-bedroom, four-level home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While some celebrities are drawn to the county&#8217;s rural charm and privacy, others have put down roots in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-769271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}