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[[File: Foley_Park_OS.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Extract from 1951 OS Map showing the Foley Park area]]
'''Foley Park sidings''', located 1 mile 179 yards from [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]], were built in 1925 to serve the British Sugar Corporation factory at [[Foley Park]]. The sidings also provided a rail connection for the private sidings of [[Thomas Vale & Sons]] and [[Smethwick Drop Forgings Ltd. Siding|Smethwick Drop Forgings]]. They were located near [[Foley Park Halt]], which was moved from the south side of the line to the north side when the sidings opened. The sidings remained in use after the closure of the [[Kidderminster]]-[[Bewdley]] line on 6 January 1970, finally closing on 25 October 1982.
Access to the sidings from Kidderminster was by means of a ground frame. See [[Ground Frames at Foley Park]].
*GWR plan of the southern part of Foley park sidings including the sand sidings on the opposite side.
*1927 map showing the sidings and beet sugar factory
*1938 map showing the sidings and the expansion of the beet sugar factory. The private sidings for Thomas Vale & Sons extends towards the bottom of the map
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