ATTRACTIONS IN B44 9JB
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2.9milesRSPB Sandwell Valley Nature Reserve
20 Tanhouse Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, West Mids, B435AG
Just outside Birmingham and close to the M6, Sandwell Valley is enjoyable for all the family. Sandwell Valley is a wonderful place for wildlife and people located in the heart of Birmingham.
4milesSoho House
Soho Avenue, Handsworth, Birmingham, B185LB
Soho House Museum was the home of Matthew Boulton, one of Birmingham's most famous sons. Boulton is famous for his associations with James Watt and the Lunar Society and left his mark on industrial development in Birmingham.
4.5milesBirmingham Jewellery Quarter Centre
75-79 Vyse Street, Hockley, Birmingham, B186HA
Take this opportunity to discover the skill of the jeweller's craft and enjoy a unique tour of an original jewellery factory, frozen in time. Using the most up to date techniques of video and display, guides and jewellers take you through the astonishing story of the 200 year old Jewellery Quarter and the ancient craft skills still practised in the workshop that make this area the centre of the British jewellery industry.
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5milesThinktank at Millennium Point
Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, West Mids, B47XG
Whether you have a couple of hours to kill or the whole day to spend at Millennium Point, our two on-site visitor attractions - the award winning Thinktank, Birmingham's museum of science and discovery, and the IMAX' Theatre, the first cinema in the Midlands showing 2D and 3D films, you can be sure of a fun and education day out. The Midlands' first IMAX Theatre allows you to take an amazing journey without even leaving your seat.
5.1milesBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B33DH
Founded in 1885, the collections cover fine art and applied arts, archaeology and ethnography, local and industrial history. The Fine and Applied Art Collections include paintings and drawings, British Watercolours and Arts and Crafts.
6.3milesBirmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses
Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B153TR
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens were opened in 1832. They were designed by J.
6.3milesAsh End House Childrens Farm
Middleton Lane, Middleton, B782BL
Ash End House Farm is a family owned farm which has been operating as a Children's Farm for over 24 years. Children visiting the farm, either with their family or in a group booking, are given food to feed the animals, hold a newly hatched chick or duckling and have a farm badge of their choice.
8.1milesBlack Country Living Museum
Tipton Road, Dudley, DY14SQ
Discover a fascinating world when you visit Britain's friendliest open-air museum. The Museum occupies a 26 acre urban heritage park in the shadow of Dudley Castle in the centre of the Black Country conurbation of two million people.
8.4milesSarehole Mill
Cole Bank Rd, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Mids, B130BD
Once watermills were a very common sight along Birmingham's rivers. It is estimated that in the 18th century there were over fifty the area.
8.4milesDrayton Manor Park and Zoo
Tamworth, B783TW
For total family entertainment visit the award-winning Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire.Drayton Manor also has Europe's only Thomas Land, which features wonderful themed rides and attractions based on characters, including Thomas the Tank Engine, Cranky the Crane and Harold the Helicopter.
8.7milesSelly Manor Museum
Maple Road, Bournville, Birmingham, B302AE
Come along and visit two of Birmingham's oldest houses. These two beautiful timber-framed manor houses were actually moved and rebuilt in the village of Bournville by the Cadbury family.
9.3milesLichfield Heritage Centre
Market Square, Lichfield, WS136LG
Discover Lichfied, through graphics, exhibits, displays and audio visual presenttations in the Lichfield Heritage Centre, covering 2000 years of history. The fascinating story of Lichfield`s history from Celtic times - the building of the Cathedral - its Battles and Famous men - right up to the present day.
9.4milesLichfield Cathedral
Lichfield, WS137LD
The original Cathedral (this is the third building on the site) was dedicated on Christmas Day in the year AD 700 to house the remains of St Chad, Bishop of the Mercians, who died in 672. Today, Lichfield Cathedral still stands at the heart of the Diocese and is a focus for the regular worship of God, the life of a thriving community, the work of God in the wider world, and for pilgrimage.
9.4milesErasmus Darwin House
Beacon Street, Lichfield, WS137AD
Erasmus Darwin was one of the greatest polymaths of the 18th Century. Among Darwin's many talents was his extraordinary scientific insight in physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology and all aspects of biology.
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9.7milesTamworth Castle
The Holloway, Ladybank, Tamworth, Staffs, B797NA
Tamworth Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle set in the south-west corner of what was a Saxon burh, it's located to dominate the approach over the two rivers which meet below the Castle.Its sandstone walls and superb herringbone wall - all that survives of the 'curtain wall' of the bailey are believed to date from the 1180s.
11.8milesValley Park Nature Reserve
Meadow View Terrace, Wolverhampton, WV68NX
Valley Park Nature Reserve - Amusement Park in Wolverhampton, . Contact venue on telephone number 01902552351 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractions/rides available at this park.
11.9milesHimley Hall and Park
Himley Hall and Park, Himley, DY34DF
Himley Hall was a moated manor house, which stood next to the medieval church and village. Himley Hall, situated between Kingswinford and Wombourne, started life in the 18th century when a medieval manor house on the site belonging to the Earl of Dudley was demolished to make way for a great Palladian mansion.
15.5milesPackwood House
Packwood House, B946AT
A fascinating 20th-century evocation of domestic Tudor architecture, Packwood is originally a 16th-century manor house. Cromwell's general, Henry Ireton, slept here the night before the Battle of Edghill in 1642 and family tradition relates how Charles II was given food and drink at the house in 1651 following his defeat at Worcester.
16.1milesJaguar Daimler Heritage Centre
Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry, CV59DR
The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Ltd was established in March 1983, and is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of Jaguar products and it's associated companies which include Swallow Sidecar, SS cars, Daimler, Lanchester, and Jaguar. In addition to maintaining an outstanding collection of more than 100 Jaguar, Daimler, Lanchester and SS vehicles, many of which are on display at the heritage centre, the Trust also has a comprehensive document and photographic archive tracing the history of these great British motoring names.
16.5milesTwycross Zoo
On A444, Twycross, CV93PX
Situated near the small village of Twycross, the zoo occupies over 40 acres and is set in open countryside. Despite its rural location, it is only four miles from the M42/A42 (which links the M1 and M6) making it readily accessible from anywhere in central England.
16.6milesForge Mill Needle Museum
Forge Mill, Needle Mill Lane, Redditch, B988HY
The needle museum tells the fascinating and sometimes gruesome story of how needles are made. Working, water-powered machinery can be seen in an original needle-scouring mill.
17milesBoscobel House and The Royal Oak
Boscobel, ST199AR
Boscobel House was built around 1632, when John Gifford of Whiteladies converted a timber-framed farmhouse into a hunting lodge. The Gifford family were Catholics, at a time when the religion was outlawed.
17.2milesShugborough
Shugborough, Milford, Near Stafford, ST170XB
With evocative sounds, real smells and the true taste of a Complete Working Historic Estate, immerse yourself in the past through a variety of multi-sensory experiences that bring your visit to life. With its magnificent Mansion House, working Servants' Quarters and Georgian farm with rare breeds, Shugborough provides a full day out with tours, guides and living costumed characters ready to share a powerful set of stories from the past.
17.3milesWhiteladies Priory
Between A41 and A5, 1m SW of Boscobel House, WV81QZ
Built on the grounds of a medieval nunnery, it was to White Ladies that Charles II then a Prince was first taken, after fleeing from Worcester. He arrived at White Ladies Priory on Thursday 4th September 1651 after riding throughout the night and was admitted by a servant of the house named George Penderel.
18.1milesDavid Austin Roses
Bowling Green Lane, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV73HB
World famous rose gardens containing over 700 roses of all types including the Renaissance Garden which is devoted entirely to English roses. The neighbouring Plan Centre has one of the largest collections of container roses anywhere in the Country.
18.2milesStone House Cottage Gardens
Stone, DY104BG
A romantic garden set in an old walled kitchen garden. The area is only 1 acre but seems much larger- hedges divide it into different compartments and create diverse habitats in which to grow the vast selection of rare and unusual plants that thrive here.
18.8milesRoyal Air Force Museum
RAF Museum Cosford, Telford, TF118UP
The Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford houses one of the largest aviation collections in the United Kingdom. 70 historic aircraft are displayed in three wartime hangars and within The National Cold War Exhibition.
18.8milesCoventry Transport Museum
Millennium Place, Hales St, Coventry, CV11PN
The largest collection of British Road Transport in the world with over 230 cars and commercial vehicles, 250 cycles and 90 motorcycles.Techzone:This zone has been designed for visitors who want to find out more technical details about the Museum's collection.
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