The Clent Hills Country Park is only eight miles from the Birmingham conurbation yet it seems a world away. The area was a popular destination...

Harvington Hall is an Elizabethan, moated manor house with rare wall paintings and the finest series of priests hiding places in the country. The...

Harvington Mill is a beautiful example of a mill that would have once been an important part of the local industry in this area....

The canal network in the Black Country offers superb walking in an urban area. Between Stourbridge and Dudley, the canal climbs 145 feet through a...

At the Stone House Cottage Garden you will find three quarters of an acre walled garden full of plants, with rare wall shrubs, climbers and...

The Bonded Warehouse stands as a reminder of the prosperity brought by the canals. Built of brick at the same time as the town arm...

The Ruskin Glass Centre is situated in Amblecote, at the heart of Stourbridge’s historic Glass Quarter. Formerly the factory for Royal Doulton, the site now...

Bromsgrove Museum has been established for many years and offers an interesting insight into the history of this town and the many smaller communities that...

Kidderminster Railway Museum was opened by a group of enthusiasts and local authority supporters to celebrate the great history of railways in this area of...

Haden Hill House is a Victorian gentleman’s residence and has been internally furnished to be befitting of such a man. Throughout, the property has...

Glass has been made at the Dial Glassworks in Stourbridge since 1788. The full range of old buildings can be viewed from the Stourbridge...

The Lace Guild celebrates a grand heritage of lacemaking and manufacture in this country over a period of many centuries. The lace industry was...

The Red House Glass Cone in Wordsley, lies at the heart of Stourbridge’s historic glassmaking quarter. Glass cones once dominated the skyline north of Stourbridge...

Avoncroft Museum has a unique collection of over 25 historic buildings including a windmill, 15th century merchant’s house and 1940’s prefab. There is a full...

Kinver Edge is a spectacular high sandstone ridge that was once home to Britain’s last cave dwellers. The unique rock carved houses have been...

The Old Meeting House (formerly Presbyterian, now Unitarian) dates back to 1717, when Dudley was still a small Worcestershire market town, surrounded by green fields....

Dudley Priory was founded around 1160 by Gervase Paganel, Lord of Dudley, to fulfil his deceased father’s wishes. The priory was dedicated to St. James,...

Dudley Museum and Art Gallery is a cultural focal point in the heart of this town. It contains a great deal of information for...

Cadbury World in Bournville, Birmingham is choc full of fun for all ages. Discover the history, the making and the magic of chocolate. New this...

Glass is something that in the modern age we simply take for granted, a bog standard part of our lives that is everywhere we go....

The ruins of Weoley Castle are over seven hundred years old and are what is left of a moated medieval manor house. During the...

Chocolate magnate George Cadbury moved Selly Manor and Minworth Greaves to Bourneville in the early 20th Century. It is quite unusual for such fragile...

The Crooked House or ‘Siden House’ has been a Midlands tourist attraction for well over a hundred years. The building is a typical Black Country...

Housed in the historic and beautiful Hartlebury Castle, once the home to the Bishops of Worcestershire, this museum is one of the most impressive in...

See history come to life at The Black Country Living Museum; discover a fascinating world at Britain’s friendliest open-air museum, or just soak up the...

The Severn Valley Railway runs regular steam services through this beautiful area of countryside and allows visitors the rare chance in this country to travel...

The Courthouse stands close to the old Black Country village of Sedgley’s historic Bull Ring. Its elegant Georgian façade conceals a much older stone building,...

Built in 1701, this elegant William & Mary-style house is famed for its beautiful painted ceilings and staircase, but has other unusual features including an...

Housed in a historic and unusual 18th Century butchers shambles, the museum provides a fascinating insight into the growth & trades of the town and...

Dudley Archives contain a large amount of documents that have been collected since records began, and offer an insight into the many major and slightly...

Himley Hall is located close to Dudley in the West Midlands and represents one of the best looking pieces of architecture in the area....

The spa has been one of the main draws to this area for visitors over a long period of time. This heritage centre is...

The Lapworth Museum of Geology is a fascinating place to visit if you have even a passing interest in the earth that lies beneath our...

The University of Birmingham Collections is made up of a large series of diverse artefacts ranging from West African masks in the Danford Collection to...

The museum opened to the public in 1980 and has grown significantly since that time, now home to three halls that in total accommodate more...

If you are a fan of the radio serial The Archers, the quiet village of Hanbury is a must-see, as it is the village which...

Winterbourne Botanic Garden at the University of Birmingham is a six acre Edwardian garden planted with over 1,500 plant species from around the world. It...

Burlish Top is a peaceful rural nature reserve over 35 hectares. It is located on the South Kidderminster, North Stourport-on-Severn boundaries. It is a large...

Numbering six acres and situated about two miles to the south of the centre of Birmingham, the nature centre is one of the most popular...

Four glasshouses take visitors from tropical rainforest to arid desert conditions with insectivorous plants, giant ‘cacti’, tree ferns and cycads, orchids, sugar cane, bananas &...