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The meeting of the waters.

Birmingham

(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction SE)

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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Botanical gardens, Birmingham.

Edgbaston

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction S)

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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Dawn

Dudley

(5.2 miles, 8.4 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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The town of Halesowen in the West Midlands

Halesowen

(6.6 miles, 10.7 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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This is Saint Peters Church in the heart of Wolverhampton city center

Wolverhampton

(8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction NW)

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Taken from the Norton Road

Stourbridge

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction SW)

Within the vast urban sprawl that surrounds Birmingham, otherwise known as the City of a Thousand Trades, lies the once great centre for crystal glassware, Stourbridge...

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Dusk at Swindon

Swindon

(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction W)

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A picture of Bodymoor Heath

Bodymoor Heath

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction E)

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

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Hampton Manor, Solihull, Birmingham

Solihull

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction SE)

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Cannock Town Centre

Cannock

(11.3 miles, 18.1 km, direction N)

Think of Cannock and nearly always there springs to life a vision of the wonderful landscape of Cannock Chase, originally a giant "Royal Forest" gradually reduced in size and grazed by numerous flocks of sheep until the turn of the 20th century...

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

Merrions Wood Nature Reserve

(2.4 miles, 3.8 km, direction N)

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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A picture of Soho House

Soho House

(2.6 miles, 4.1 km, direction SE)

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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Jewellery Quarter Museum

(3.4 miles, 5.4 km, direction SE)

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

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Aston Hall, Birmingham

Aston Hall

(3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction SE)

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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Sherborne Wharf

(4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction SE)

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

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Sea Life Centre in Birmingham

The National Sea Life Centre

(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction SE)

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

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Boating Lake

Walsall Arboretum

(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction N)

Gracious Victorian park of immense charm just a few minutes walk away from the town. It is a peaceful oasis for quiet walks.....

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

(4.4 miles, 7.2 km, direction S)

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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The Black Country Museum

The Black Country Living Museum

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction W)

This is a delightful outdoor museum developed with flair and imagination to celebrate all that is best of the rich social and.....

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Dudley Zoo

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction W)

Dudley Zoo is home to some of the world's rarest and most exotic animals. They live amongst the majestic ruins of Dudley Castle.....

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