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Victoria Square, Birmingham

Birmingham

(2.0 miles, 3.3 km, direction SW)

Birmingham, Britain's second city, known as the city of a thousand trades, has long been recognised as one of the World's most important manufacturing and commercial centres...

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Edgbaston

(4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction SW)

Edgbaston is a district of wide leafy roads lined with elegant houses, lately these have become interspersed with more modern buildings, yet the suburb has somehow managed to retain much of its 19th and early 20th century charm...

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The Dog & Doublet Inn, Bodymoor Heath, North Warwickshire

Bodymoor Heath

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction NE)

This lovely rural area is well known as the home of the training ground for Aston Villa Football Club...

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Autumn in Malvern Park

Solihull

(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction SE)

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Kingsbury Water Park

Kingsbury

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NE)

Kingsbury lies in a quiet corner of Warwickshire, it is most notable for its water-park which offers an oasis of calm for visitors escaping the hurried life of Birmingham and other nearby cities and large towns...

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The town of Halesowen in the West Midlands

Halesowen

(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction SW)

For several centuries Halesowen was a farming region and despite the spread of urban sprawl the region still has nearby open beauty spots...

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Dudley Castle, Dudley, in the West Midlands

Dudley

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction W)

Dudley is a market town, it was granted its market charter in the 13th century, since then the lively outdoor market has been a focal point which has drawn regular visitors to the town...

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Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire

Tamworth

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NE)

In the 8th century the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia was ruled from Tamworth. Later in AD 913, a fortress was built here by the daughter of King Alfred...

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The museum at Berkswell, Warwickshire

Berkswell

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction SE)

This must be one of England's loveliest villages, it is evocative of a life before urbanisation and modernity, it is that perfect idyll of much loved English country life where you can re-discover the peaceful tranquillity of yester-year...

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Herb Garden

Lichfield

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction N)

The Lichfield Markets have been held on the historic Market Square since King Stephen granted the first charter for a market in 1153. In the past martyrs were burnt at the.....

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Aston Hall, Birmingham

Aston Hall

(1.3 miles, 2.0 km, direction W)

This magnificent Jacobean mansion is currently undergoing a 10 million pound make-over to both the Hall, its range of buildings.....

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Jewellery Quarter Museum

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction SW)

Explore Birminghams historic jewellery trade at the Museum of the Jewellery Quater...

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A picture of Soho House

Soho House

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction W)

Matthew Boulton was born in Snow Hill, Birmingham in 1728. His father was a Toy maker, and the young Matthew was eventually to.....

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Sea Life Centre in Birmingham

The National Sea Life Centre

(3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction SW)

The Sea Life Centre offers a unique insight into the lives of a myriad of creatures from shrimps to sharks...

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Sherborne Wharf

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction SW)

Sherborne Wharf Heritage Narrowboats offers the widest choice to cruise The Gentle Highway...

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction SW)

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, in the United Kingdom, are a 15 acre oasis of delight. Designed by J. C. Loudon,.....

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Sandwell Valley Country Park, West Midlands, Just off the M5 Junction 1

Sandwell Valley Country Park

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction W)

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Sarehole Mill

(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction S)

The 200-year-old mill at Sarehole is one of only two surviving watermills in Birmingham. The cobbled courtyard and mill pool are.....

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Merrions Wood, 5 minutes walk from the Holiday Inn M6 Junction 7

Merrions Wood Nature Reserve

(5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction NW)

Merrions Wood Local Nature Reserve is a wonderful oak and beech woodland 5km (3 miles) south east of Walsall town centre. Around.....

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The Belfry

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction NE)

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