Black Country

Worth seeing in and around Black Country

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
   Bescot Stadium

   Bescot Stadium, currently known as the Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the area of Bescot, Walsall, West Midlands, England. With a capacity of 11,300, it is the current home ground of Walsall and Aston Villa Women.

   3.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   BCN Main Line

   The BCN Main Line, or Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line is the evolving route of the Birmingham Canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England. The name Main Line was used to distinguish the main Birmingham to Wolverhampton route from the many other canals and branches built or acquired by the Birmingham Canal Navigations company.

   3.7 km · Canal in and around Birmingham , England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Gower Branch Canal

   The Gower Branch Canal is a half-mile canal at Tividale in England, linking Albion Junction on the Birmingham Level of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and Brades Hall Junction on the BCN's older Wolverhampton level, via three locks, the Brades Locks, at the Southern, Brades Hall end. It has a towpath on its eastern side and is crossed by only one road, the A457, just north of the middle lock.

   4 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Wednesbury Old Canal

   Wednesbury Old Canal is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the English West Midlands. It opened in 1769, and although parts of it were abandoned in 1955 and 1960, the section between Pudding Green Junction and Ryder's Green Junction is navigable, as it provides a link to the Walsall Canal.

   3.1 km · canal in the West Midlands, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery

   Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery is a purpose-built Victorian art gallery in Wednesbury in the West Midlands of England. It is notable for its Ruskin Pottery collection and for hosting the first public display of the Stuckism art movement.

   500 m · art museum in Sandwell, West Midlands, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Bentley Canal

   The Bentley Canal is an abandoned canal that was part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in England. A very short section still exists where it joins the Wyrley and Essington Canal in Wolverhampton.

   3.6 km · Canal located in Birmingham, U.K · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Christ Church

   Christ Church is an Anglican church in Coseley, West Midlands, England, and in the Diocese of Worcester. It was built in 1830; the interior has many additions of the late 19th and early 20th century.

   3.4 km · church building in Coseley, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of St Martin and St Paul

   The Elite Church, formerly the Church of St Martin and St Paul, is a church in Tipton, West Midlands, England. The church, built in 1837, is Grade II listed.

   3.4 km · church building in Sandwell, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Victoria Park

   Victoria Park is a public park situated in Tipton, West Midlands, England. It is Grade II listed with the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

   3.5 km · public park in Tipton, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Bilston School of Art

    Bilston School of Art was built in 1897 on Mount Pleasant, Bilston to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was designed by town engineer, Captain Wilson, who reputedly based the design very closely on an institution in Glasgow.

    3.5 km · school of Art in Bilston, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Black Country

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 22 km · East Midlands (EMA), 57 km · Manchester (MAN), 90 km

Stations

Tipton railway station, 3.3 km · Dudley Port railway station, 3.1 km · Coseley railway station, 3.8 km · Tame Bridge Parkway railway station, 3.7 km · Bescot Stadium railway station, 3 km

• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Black Country

  1086 km · quickest by air, 8h 13m · £220–330
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Black Country

  1137 km · quickest by air, 6h 12m · £220–330
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• Liverpool → Black Country

  1128 km · quickest by air, 8h 2m · £210–320
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Black Country. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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