Aldridge

Worth seeing in and around Aldridge

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   The New Art Gallery Walsall

   The New Art Gallery Walsall is a modern and contemporary art gallery in the town of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England. It was built with £21 million of public funding, including £15.75 million from the UK National Lottery and additional money from the European Regional Development Fund and City Challenge.

   5.1 km · Modern and contemporary art gallery in Walsall, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Great Barr Hall

   Great Barr Hall, originally Barr Hall, is an 18th-century mansion situated in the Great Barr district of Pheasey, historically in Staffordshire and now part of Walsall, West Midlands, England. It has associations with the Lunar Society and is a Grade II listed building.

   5.5 km · at-risk 18th-century mansion near Walsall, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Barr Beacon

   Barr Beacon is a hill on the edge of Walsall, West Midlands, England, very near the border with Birmingham. It gives its name to nearby Great Barr and to the local secondary school Barr Beacon School.

   3.6 km · hill in England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Walsall Canal

   The Walsall Canal is a narrow canal, 7 feet or 2.1 metres wide, and 7 miles long, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and passing around the western side of Walsall, West Midlands, England. It was built in four stages, the first being a detached part of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal from Ryders Green Junction to Broadwaters, started in 1783.

   5.6 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Martin's Church Walsall

   St Martin's Church is situated in the West Midlands town of Walsall on the corner of Sutton Road and Daffodil Road. St Martin's is an Anglican parish, in the Deanery of Walsall and Diocese of Lichfield.

   3.6 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Cannock Extension Canal

   The current Cannock Extension Canal is a 1.8-mile canal in England. It runs from Pelsall Junction on the Wyrley and Essington Canal, north to Norton Canes Docks and forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.

   6 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Wyrley and Essington Canal

   The Wyrley and Essington Canal, known locally as "the Curly Wyrley", is a canal in the English Midlands. As built it ran from Wolverhampton to Huddlesford Junction near Lichfield, with a number of branches: some parts are currently derelict.

   3.9 km · Narrow canal in the Midlands, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   All Saints Church

   All Saints' Church, Four Oaks is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church in Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield.

   5.7 km · church in Four Oaks (Birmingham), England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St Margaret, Great Barr

   The Church Of St Margaret, is the Anglican parish church of Great Barr and is located on Chapel Lane, Walsall, England. It is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch.

   5.1 km · parish church of Great Barr, in Walsall, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Ogley Junction

    Ogley Junction, on the Staffordshire county border near Brownhills, West Midlands, England, is a historic canal junction on the Wyrley and Essington Canal where the Anglesey Branch left the main line.

    5.1 km · canal junction in the uk · Wikipedia

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Getting to Aldridge

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 20 km · East Midlands (EMA), 47 km · Manchester (MAN), 86 km

Stations

Walsall railway station, 5.2 km · Aldridge railway station, 500 m · Brownhills Watling Street railway station, 5.5 km · Blake Street railway station, 4.9 km · Butlers Lane railway station, 5.5 km

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  64 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–9
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Aldridge

  100 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £12–16
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  114 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £13–18
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