My husband and I are going on a holiday in UK for the first time. We will be staying in Dudley and we prefer to visit country areas not city centres, but we wish that we pick the best ones and that are not very far from Dudley. Can anyone suggest some places?
2006-07-31 22:48:46 · 5 answers · asked by - Storm - 3 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Birmingham
The museum and art gallery are OK, also ThinkTank and IMax at Millennium Point. There are some top class theatres, Symphony Hall and the Royal Ballet. Sea Life Centre is good. See what is on at the National Indoor Arena or the Arena at the NEC.
Botanical Gardens in Edgbaston.
For historic buildings go to Aston Hall (by Villa Park stadium) and there are lots of National Trust properties within an hours drive. Try Coughton Court, Baddesley Clinton, Hanbury Hall, Attingham Park, Dudmaston Hall.
Theme Park at Drayton Manor or Alton Towers a bit further.
West Midlands Safari Park at Bewdley.
Severn Valley steam railway at Kidderminster.
Shopping at Bull Ring or Merry Hill.
Buy some jewellry in the Jewellry Quarter.
The football season is starting so you have Birmingham City, Villa , West Brom, Wolves, Walsall.
Cricket at Edgbaston or Worcester.
Try Worcester (cathedral) or the Shropshire hills (Church Stretton).
Nip over to Coventry or Lichfield to look at the cathedrals.
2006-08-02 00:34:50 · answer #1 · answered by hippoterry2005 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may like to visit -
*Black Country Living Museum
*Dudley zoo and Castle
*Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
Or a bit further afield
*Stratford Upon Avon
*Litchfield Cathedral
*Severn Valley Railway
*Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Enjoy your stay.
2006-08-01 03:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historic Houses to visit in and near Birmingham:
Aston Hall, a Jacobean-style mansion in Aston, Birmingham, completed in 1635
Blakesley Hall, a Tudor hall on Blakesley Road in Yardley, Birmingham. It is one of the oldest buildings in Yardley.
Edgbaston Hall, a country house (albeit now in the middle of the city) in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham
Birmingham Back to Backs are the last surviving court of back-to-back houses in Birmingham, now operated as a museum by the National Trust.
Soho House, Matthew Boulton's home in Handsworth, Birmingham, is now a museum (opened in 1995), celebrating his life, his partnership with James Watt and his membership of the Lunar Society.
Country parks in Birmingham:
Lickey Hills Country Park
New Hall Valley Country Park
Sutton Park, reputedly the largest urban park in Europe
2006-07-31 23:06:14 · answer #3 · answered by Susan G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drayton manner -just outside birmingham and one of birmingham's biggest attractions it is a theme park and animal zoo!
Stratford- half an hour drive from birmingham the famous avon river and birth place of william shakespear
2006-08-01 06:53:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like castles I can recommend Warwick Castle or Kenilworth Castle, both within easy reach of Birmingham.
2006-08-01 02:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by Robert C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋