Cookley is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the north of Kidderminster.

Also, a few miles south-west of Stourton, Staffordshire and is close to the villages of Kinver and Wolverley.

It lies on the River Stour, and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the civil parish of Wolverley and Cookley.

[5][6] The forge passed before 1725 to the Knight family and remained in their hands until it closed in the late 19th century.

In this period, the Knight family concentrated their operations around Cookley Forge, disposing of or closing other works.

[7] The site of the forge has remained in industrial use, at one period being occupied by Steel Stampings Ltd.