GKN Ltd is a British multinational automotive and aerospace components business headquartered in Redditch, England. It is a long-running business known for many decades as Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds. It can trace its origins back to 1759 and the birth of the Industrial Revolution.
Dowlais Ironworks by George Childs (1840)
Display showing products of Guest Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd. in decorative form.
Redditch is a town and borough in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, northwest of Alcester and northeast of Worcester. The borough had a population of 87,037 in 2021. In the 19th century, it became a centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry.
Church Green East, Redditch.
Commemorative pavement plaque in Alcester Street
The former Redditch Bus Station, c. 1996
St Stephen's Church (Church of England)