Redditch

Worth seeing in and around Redditch

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
   Bordesley Abbey

   Bordesley Abbey was a 12th-century Cistercian abbey near the town of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England. The abbey's foundation was an act of Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, who gave the monks of Garendon Abbey in Leicestershire some more land.

   1.5 km · abbey · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hewell Grange

   Hewell Grange is a former country house in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England. "One of the most important late 19th century country houses in England", the mansion was built between 1884 and 1891 by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner for Robert Windsor-Clive, later first Earl of Plymouth.

   3.6 km · grade I listed house in Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Redditch Central Mosque

   Redditch Central Mosque is a mosque in the town centre area of Redditch, England, run by the Redditch Mosque Committee, and is one of the largest Muslim centres in Redditch. The mosque is open to people of all religious affiliations, men and women, and its main prayer halls currently hold between 1,000 and 1,500 people during a Friday service.

   600 m · mosque in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Redditch Town Hall

   Redditch Town Hall is a municipal building in Walter Stranz Square in Redditch, a town in Worcestershire, in England. It is the headquarters of Redditch Borough Council.

   500 m · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Norgrove Court

   Norgrove Court is a stately home near Redditch in North Eastern Worcestershire built in 1649. It is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.

   3.8 km · Grade I listed building in Feckenham, Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Tardebigge Locks

   Tardebigge Locks or the Tardebigge Flight is the longest flight of locks in the UK, comprising 30 narrow locks on a two-and-a-quarter-mile stretch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Tardebigge, Worcestershire. It raises the waterway 220 feet, and lies between the Tardebigge tunnel to the North and the Stoke Prior flight of six narrow locks to the South.

   4.7 km · canal locks in Worcestershire, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Arrow Valley Country Park

   Arrow Valley Country Park is a country park on the River Arrow, at Redditch, Worcestershire, England. Built by Redditch Development Corporation in the 1970s.

   2.4 km · country park in Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Forge Mill Needle Museum

   The Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch, Worcestershire, is a historic museum depicting Redditch's Industrial Heritage. Opened in 1983 by Queen Elizabeth II, it records how in Victorian times, Redditch was the international centre of the needle and fishing tackle industry and once produced 90% of the world's needles.

   1.2 km · Industry museum in Redditch, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic)

   Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. It was built from 1833 to 1834 and designed by Thomas Rickman in the Gothic Revival style.

   1 km · church in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Kingfisher Shopping Centre

    Kingfisher Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. It contains 150 stores, with a range of large and smaller units, including anchor tenants Next and Primark.

    400 m · shopping mall in Redditch, England · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Bordesley Abbey

   Ruins of an abbey which was used between 1138 and 1538.

2. 02
   Forge Mill Needle Museum

   Feb, Mar, Nov: Tue-Sun 10AM-3PM; Apr-Oct daily 10AM-4PM.

From Wikivoyage: Redditch, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Arrow Valley Country Park

   Country park with a lake which is used for fishing and sailing.

2. 02
   Ipsley Alders Marsh Nature Reserve

   18 hectares (44 acres) of boggy ground with paths and boardwalks.

From Wikivoyage: Redditch, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   The Royal Enfield

   Wetherspoon pub (with meals) in a former cinema, with outdoor area.

From Wikivoyage: Redditch, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Redditch

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 21 km · East Midlands (EMA), 72 km · Bristol (BRS), 116 km

Stations

Redditch railway station, 100 m · Alvechurch railway station, 4.6 km

• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Redditch

  90 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £10–13
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• London → Redditch

  153 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £17–22
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• Bristol → Redditch

  105 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–15
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