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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: 12.8 miles away

One of England's greatest composers, Sir Edward Elgar, was born on 2 June 1857, in this pretty country cottage near Worcester in the heart of England.After his death in 1934, Elgar's daughter Carice set up a Museum here, as her father had wished. In 2000, the new Elgar…
Distance: 11.2 miles away

Come along and visit two of Birmingham's oldest houses. These two beautiful timber‐framed manor houses were actually moved and rebuilt in the village of Bournville by the Cadbury family. Both timber‐framed houses have beautiful oak furniture and domestic objects. Selly Manor was originally about a…
Distance: 12.6 miles away

The needle museum tells the fascinating and sometimes gruesome story of how needles are made. Working, water‐powered machinery can be seen in an original needle‐scouring mill. The visitor centre is an archaeological museum showing finds from excavations at the nearby Bordesley Abbey. .…
Distance: 11.8 miles away

We know very little about the early history of the Commandery. Tradition has it that the building was founded as a hospital around 1085 by Saint Wulfstan, then Bishop of Worcester.Today, the Commandery still adapts itself to the needs of the age whilst retaining the fabric of its…
Distance: 11.6 miles away

Worcester Museum was founded in 1833 by the members of the Worcestershire Natural History Society and claims to be one of the oldest regional museums in the Country. The collections were described as miscellaneous by one of the first curators and were originally shown in temporary rooms…
Distance: 11 miles away

WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE MUSEUM'S RE‐OPENING WILL BE IN JULY OF 2005. Hartlebury Castle ‐ for over a thousand years a residence of the Bishops of Worcester and now home to Worcestershire's County Museum. The Bromsgrove Guild began…
Distance: 1.8 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: 14.4 miles away