Midlands Museums, Heritage

Blists Hill

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The open-air museum allows visitors to experience an atmospheric way of Victorian life in the late 1800's. Costumed staff give a warm welcome...

Broseley Clay Tobacco Pipe Works

Broseley is two miles from the Iron Bridge and was once home to one of the most prolific clay tobacco pipe making factories in Britain. The site...

Hampton Court

Hampton Court, Herefordshire is an elegant, late medieval castle set in beautiful surroundings on the meadows of the river Lugg. The castle is set...

Baddesley Clinton

This Picturesque medieval moated manor house boasts magnificent gardens with stew pond, lakeside walk and nature trail.

The interiors of...

Clopton Bridge

The Clopton Bridge is a 14-arch bridge in Stratford - the name means "the street at the ford on the river" and was built around 1490...

The Guildhall Museum

The Guildhall has had many uses and lives. The Great Hall itself was built in about 1390 as a meeting place for the Guild of Corpus Christi (a...

Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle is over a thousand years old and has been well maintained with magnificent towers and ramparts.

The splendid grounds are...

Walsall Leather Museum

Walsall Leather Museum is located on the edge of Walsall town centre, and is within half-an-hour's drive of Birmingham, Lichfield, Dudley and...

Packwood House

This Tudor manor house contains a fascinating civil war history. Originally dating back to 16th-century, the building has a fascinating...

Moseley Old Hall

The richly panelled walls of Moseley Old Hall conceal ingenious secret hiding places, designed for Catholic priests. One of these cramped priest...

Royal Air Force Museum

The Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford is an award-winning attraction. The Museum, one of the UK's leading historic aviation centre's...

D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum

David Herbert Lawrence - novelist, playwright, poet and artist - was born at 8A Victoria Street, Eastwood on 11th September 1885. The house has...

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery is located in the heart of the city, and mirrors the town's proud standing, as both Britain's boot...

Jewry Wall Museum

The Jewry Wall, Leicester's Museum of Archaeology is placed in the wonderful setting of the remains of the Roman town's public baths. The...

The Guild Hall

The Stratford Guild Hall is a building of great historic significance. Built in around 1416 and located in central Stratford, the Guild Hall still...

Back to Backs - The National Trust

Birmingham's last surviving court of back-to-back housing has now been fully restored by the Birmingham Conservation Trust and The National...

Shrewsbury Abbey

Shrewsbury Abbey was founded in 1083 by the Norman Roger de Montgomery. The Abbey became the centre of Norman and Medieval power in the region and...

Much Wenlock Priory

The spectacular ruins of Wenlock Priory are located on the edge of Much Wenlock. It is thought to be the final resting place of St Milburga, whose...

Canons Ashby House

Canons Ashby House has been the home of the Dryden family since its construction, and has survived more or less unaltered since c.1710.The...

Hereford Cider Museum

The Hereford Cider Museum is the ultimate resource for learning about the history of cider production. There is a reconstructed farm ciderhouse...