MuseumsWeston Under Lizard

Discover a fascinating world when you visit Britain's friendliest open‐air museum. The Museum occupies a 26 acre urban heritage park in the shadow of Dudley Castle in the centre of the Black Country conurbation of two million people. Historic buildings from all around the Black Country…
Distance: 14.8 miles away

Costumed staff give a warm welcome and a fascinating insight into how life was lived in Victorian Times. Exchange your money in the Bank; admire the goods in the Grocers, Bakery and Sweetshop. Find out about curious remedies in the Chemist and see the printer and…
Distance: 7.9 miles away

Once described as the most extraordinary district in the world, the Ironbridge Gorge is still a remarkable, and beautiful, place to visit today. A huge amount of early industry survives as furnaces, factories, workshops, canals and the settlements of Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge, Jackfield and Coalport. There are…
Distance: 8.9 miles away

The Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford houses one of the largest aviation collections in the United Kingdom. 70 historic aircraft are displayed in three wartime hangars and within The National Cold War Exhibition. This landmark building costing £12.5 million contains 17 aircraft, military transport, missiles, memorabilia and…
Distance: 3 miles away

The Ancient High House is one of the finest Tudor buildings in the country. Once dominating the skyline of Stafford, it is the largest remaining timber framed town house in England.Royalty was welcomed to the house in 1642 when King Charles I stayed there en route to Shrewsbury,…
Distance: 11.1 miles away

See the National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china in the magnificent old Coalport China works. Rich colours, bright glazes and exquisite decoration.Experience much more; with demonstrations of traditional ceramic techniques which reveal the secrets of ceramic production.Children will love their own special gallery, where they'll find plenty…
Distance: 7.8 miles away

The Switch on your imagination in our interactive Design & Technology Centre and discover how good ideas are turned into great products.Find out how a little ingenuity will let you pull a 10 ton locomotive or generate electricity from flowing water. Look at familiar objects with new eyes…
Distance: 8.9 miles away

As you wander through the original gas‐lit trade show room, galleries and period room setting you will be able to see, touch and even walk on magnificent British tiles.Galleries show exquisite examples of individual tiles and period room settings depict various locations that would have been decorated with…
Distance: 8.3 miles away

The Old Severn Warehouse is a short walk alongside the River from the Iron Bridge.See what the Gorge was like in 1796 with the help of a giant 12 meter long model. Spot a Royal carriage crossing the Iron Bridge, the cargo on a Severn Trow and a…
Distance: 9.1 miles away

In the heart of the County Town St Chad's is a real gem. It dates from the 12th Century and is full of atmosphere and mysterious carvings ‐ beaked heads, green men and an inscription that may reveal its founder. The church hosts exhibitions and concerts…
Distance: 11.2 miles away

In a beautiful setting within the grounds of Morville Hall. Home of garden writer Dr katherine Swift. 1.5 acres. The Dower House Garden tells the story of English gardening through the ages, with a Medieval Cloister Garden. Turf maze, Elizabethan Knot Garden, 18th Century…
Distance: 12.8 miles away

Largest waterwheel ‐ powering Cornmill in England, producing wholemeal flour. Family owned since 1771. Carefully restored. Idyllically situated by Oldbury Viaduct on Severn Valley Railway. Nature walk, exhibition of domestic bygones and machinery.Open: Easter till end of Sept, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank…
Distance: 12.6 miles away