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Bilston works well as a base: 5 minutes from Wednesbury, 5km from Black Country Living Museum.
Bilston is in England, United Kingdom, with about 5,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Wednesbury, about 4 km away.
Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England. Historically in Staffordshire, Bilston is in the Black Country, 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) south east of Wolverhampton city centre and close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The town was known for enamelling from the mid-17thRead more
century, and is a former coal and iron mining district. Iron works dominated in Victorian times and the area became a centre for steel production. The town had a population of 34,639 at the 2021 Census.
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Within an hour or so of Bilston: Black Country Living Museum (5 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (5 km), The Peter James Collection (15 km), Land Rover Experience Solihull (25 km).
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, Goyt Valley road, Peak District and A537 Cat and Fiddle Summit.
Bilston is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Wednesbury.
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112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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museum
Open-air museum rebuilding an industrial Black Country town: canal boats, a working replica Newcomen engine, 1930s fish and chips fried in beef dripping, and a coal mine walk. A key Peaky Blinders filming location.
5 km · about 10 min drive
film location
The open-air museum in Dudley provides the canal-side streets and workshops of Peaky Blinders' Small Heath.
5 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The world's largest collection of British motorcycles with over 1,000 machines spanning a century of manufacturing near Solihull.
28 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
29 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
The world's oldest motorsport venue still using its original course, running since 1905. A 1,000-yard blast up a wooded Worcestershire hillside, steeped in Edwardian racing heritage.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
42 km · about 50 min drive
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
April to October
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