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OLDBURY
The Rowley Hills are the highest landform in the Black Country with views across the region and beyond. The face of Blue Rock Quarry on the Rowley Hills boasts rocks formed over 300 million years ago. Today they appear as unusual globes that weather…
An amazing place at the geological and industrial heart of England. The Black Country is a special place in the heart of England, where the minerals on our doorstep and the geology beneath our feet helped shape the industrial revolution and the…
GREAT BARR
An 18th century cottage which was the boyhood home of Francis Asbury, the first American Methodist Bishop.
WEDNESBURY
Wednesbury Museum is Sandwell’s Museum and Art Gallery, with collections of paintings, toys, Ruskin pottery and many other objects.
WEST BROMWICH
Sandwell Valley Visitor Centre now offers improved accessibility, free access to the courtyard, the Courtyard Kitchen with a new menu and additional seating, a new countryside shop, activities and events, a museum showcasing the history of Sandwell…
SMETHWICK
A late-Victorian canal pumping station built to serve Smethwick Locks.
WEST BROMWICH
Oak House in West Bromwich is a delightful half-timbered yeoman farmer's house built about 1620 with brick additions at the rear built in the 1650s as the family wealth and status grew.
The Turton family who are associated with the house at this…
SMETHWICK
Lightwoods House dates from the 18th Century and is set in a large park.
WEST BROMWICH
Bromwich Hall is a heritage visitor attraction, and one of the most important surviving medieval timber framed buildings in the Midlands.
Entrance Via Barrs Rd and Lee Road, CRADLEY HEATH
Haden Hill House is a late-Victorian residence that is now a museum furnished in period style, set in a large park.
SMETHWICK
Sandwell Archives Service is the archive service for the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. The service is based within Smethwick Library. It collects and preserves original archives and published material relating to the history of Sandwell. It is a…
Dudley
Black Country Living Museum is an award-winning open air museum that tells the story of one of the very first industrialised landscapes in Britain.