Stourbridge

Worth seeing in and around Stourbridge

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
   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.

   4.2 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Hagley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Thomas' Church, Stourbridge

   St Thomas' Church, Stourbridge, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Stourbridge, West Midlands County, England.

   200 m · Grade I listed church in Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Stourbridge Canal

   The Stourbridge Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England. It links the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal with the Dudley Canal, and hence, via the Birmingham Canal Navigations, to Birmingham and the Black Country.

   1.6 km · canal in West Midlands, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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".

   2.5 km · brewery in Brierley Hill · 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.

   5.2 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   5.9 km · public park in Cradley Heath, Sandwell, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   5.5 km · canal in the West Midlands, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Pensnett Canal

   The Pensnett Canal, also called Lord Ward's Canal, was a private 1.25 miles long canal near Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England, which opened in 1840 and served the industrial enterprises of Lord Dudley's Estate. The engineer was Mathew Frost.

   4.4 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ketley Claypit

   Ketley Claypit is a 13.7 hectares geological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1990 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

   4.4 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dudley, West Midlands, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Stourbridge Town Hall

    Stourbridge Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Stourbridge Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    0 m · municipal building in the West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Red House Glass Cone

   Possibly the only complete glass cone in the country.

2. 02
   Ruskin Glass Centre

   Wollaston Road, Amblecote, DY8 4HF, info@ruskinglasscentre.co.uk.

3. 03
   Stourbridge Canal
4. 04
   Jude Bellingham Mural

   Painted mural of England footballer Jude Bellingham.

5. 05
   Ned’s Atomic Dustbin Mural

   Painted logo mural of Stourbridge band Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.

6. 06
   Frank Foley Statue

   Statue of Frank Foley, the British Secret Intelligence Officer who helped thousands of Jewish families escape Nazi Germany during World War II.

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

Things to do

1. 01
   Stourbridge Glass Museum

   High Street, Wordsley, Stourbridge DY8 4FB.

2. 02
   Mary Steven’s Park

   An historic public park opened in 1931, which attracts 1.3 million visitors per year.

3. 03
   Stourbridge FC

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

Where to eat

Balti Bazaar, 1a Pedmore Road, Lye, Stourbridge, DY9 8DJ, info@baltibazaar.net. budget.

1. 01
   Soffio Lounge

   111 High Street, Stourbridge DY8 1EE (in the centre).

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

Getting to Stourbridge

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 27 km · East Midlands (EMA), 69 km · Manchester (MAN), 100 km

Stations

Hagley railway station, 3.9 km · Cradley Heath railway station, 4.2 km · Lye railway station, 2.2 km · Stourbridge Junction railway station, 1.4 km · Stourbridge Town railway station, 500 m

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  87 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £10–13
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  114 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £13–18
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  120 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £15–20
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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 Stourbridge. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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