Oldbury

Worth seeing in and around Oldbury

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 Hawthorns

   The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, in the Black Country borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 27,087. It has been the home of Championship club West Bromwich Albion since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club.

   3.6 km · football stadium in West Bromwich, Sandwell, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dudley Castle

   Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Originally, a wooden motte and bailey castle built soon after the Norman Conquest, it was rebuilt as a stone fortification during the twelfth century but subsequently demolished on the orders of Henry II of England.

   4.4 km · Grade I listed castle in Dudley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Galton Bridge

   The Galton Bridge is a cast-iron bridge in Smethwick, near Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Opened in 1829 as a road bridge, the structure has been pedestrianised since the 1970s.

   2.5 km · cast-iron canal bridge in Smethwick, West Midlands, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tividale Tirupathy Balaji Temple

   The Shri Venkateswara Temple is a Hindu temple located on a 30-acre site in Tividale, a suburb of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. It is dedicated in the Vaishnava tradition to Venkateswara, a form of the Hindu god Vishnu.

   1.3 km · Hindu temple in Tividale, West Midlands, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Dudley Zoo

   Dudley Zoo & Castle is a 40-acre zoo within a 200-acre densely-wooded site located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England. The zoo opened to the public on 18 May 1937.

   4.3 km · zoo in West Midlands, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   5.8 km · house in Halesowen, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   5.5 km · Canal in and around Birmingham , England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   5.3 km · public park in Cradley Heath, Sandwell, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Germain’s Church

   St Germain's Church, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Birmingham.

   5.1 km · church in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Dudley Canal

    The Dudley Canal is a canal passing through Dudley in the West Midlands of England. The canal is part of the English and Welsh network of connected navigable inland waterways and forms part of the popular Stourport Ring narrowboat cruising route.

    5.7 km · canal in the West Midlands, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Oldbury

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 19 km · East Midlands (EMA), 59 km · Manchester (MAN), 96 km

Stations

Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station, 3.2 km · Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station, 2.4 km · Rowley Regis railway station, 3.3 km · The Hawthorns railway station, 3.5 km · Tipton railway station, 4.4 km

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  77 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–12
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  110 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £12–16
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  120 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £14–19
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