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The rifle range which gave the halt its name was situated on the open heathland near "The Devil's Spittleful" or "Spadeful", the large sandstone outcrop on the right just before the [[Safari Park]] as you travel towards Bewdley. It was apparently opened in August 1887 for the benefit of the members of the local corps of Rifle Volunteers.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=57811#57811 Worcestershire Chronicle, quoted in SVR Forum 3 July 2019] (Retrieved 3 July 2019)</ref> During the First World War it was used mainly by volunteers from the Yeomanry.<ref name=NR>Nature Reserve information boards</ref> Its location is shown on the extract from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1888-1929. The map of that time still referred to the railway between Kidderminster and Bewdley as the "[[Kidderminster LoopLine]]". A research project completed during 2012 and 2014, paid for out of public and HLF funds, includes a section on the Rifle Range (see 'Links' below).