Halesowen

Worth seeing in and around Halesowen

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
   Newman University

   Birmingham Newman University is a public university based in the suburb of Bartley Green in Birmingham, England. The university was founded in 1968 as Newman College of Higher Education.

   4.3 km · university in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Weoley Castle

   Weoley Castle, known historically as the Manor of Welegh, is the remains of a fortified manor house located in the Birmingham district of Weoley Castle, a primarily residential area, in the English West Midlands. Owned by Birmingham City Council and administered as a community museum by Birmingham Museums Trust, it is a Grade II listed building and a Scheduled monument.

   5.6 km · remains of a fortified manor house, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hagley Hall

   Hagley Hall is a Grade I listed 18th-century house in Hagley, Worcestershire, the home of the Lyttelton family. It was the creation of George, 1st Lord Lyttelton, secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales, poet and man of letters and briefly Chancellor of the Exchequer.

   5.4 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Hagley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   The Leasowes

   The Leasowes is a 57-hectare estate in Halesowen, historically in the county of Shropshire, later Worcestershire, England, comprising house and gardens. The parkland is now listed Grade I on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens and the home of the Halesowen Golf Club.

   1.4 km · house in Halesowen, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Clent Castle

   Clent Castle is a sham ruin castellated folly in the grounds of Clent Grove that is situated opposite the Fountain Inn on Adams Hill in Clent, Worcestershire, England. It was built in the late 18th century by Thomas Liell, and it has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.

   5.7 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Daniel Batham and Son Ltd

   Bathams is a brewery in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England established in 1877 in a former slaughterhouse. The brewery is described by the CAMRA Good Beer Guide as "A classic Black country small brewery".

   5.9 km · brewery in Brierley Hill · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Dowery Dell Viaduct

   Dowery Dell, between Rubery and Halesowen in Worcestershire, was a 234 yards, nine span lattice steel, single-track railway viaduct that carried the Halesowen to Longbridge railway. A 10 mph speed limit was in operation.

   3.1 km · railway viaduct that carried the Halesowen to Longbridge railway until it was dismantled in 1964 · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bartley Reservoir

   Bartley Reservoir is a reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water. It covers 460,000 square metres.

   4.5 km · reservoir in the West Midlands, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Haden Hill Park

   Haden Hill Park is at Haden Hill, between Halesowen and Old Hill in the West Midlands, England, on the southern edge of the Black Country. Within its grounds are the sixteenth and seventeenth century Haden Hall, the Victorian Haden Hill House and Corngreaves Nature Reserve.

   2 km · public park in Cradley Heath, Sandwell, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Titford Canal

    The Titford Canal is a narrow ) canal, a short branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. Authorised under the Birmingham Canal Navigation Act 1768 (8 Geo.

    5.9 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Halesowen

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 21 km · East Midlands (EMA), 65 km · Manchester (MAN), 101 km

Stations

Rowley Regis railway station, 3.3 km · Lye railway station, 4.5 km · Stourbridge Junction railway station, 5.6 km · Cradley Heath railway station, 3.4 km · Old Hill railway station, 2.3 km

• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Halesowen

  83 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £9–12
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Halesowen

  115 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £13–17
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• Liverpool → Halesowen

  124 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £15–19
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