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Dudley works well as a base: 10 minutes from Oldbury, 2km from Black Country Living Museum.
Dudley is in England, United Kingdom, with about 200,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Oldbury, about 5 km away.
Dudley ( DUD-lee, locally [ˈdʊdləi̯]) is a market town in the West Midlands, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Wolverhampton and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the 2011 census, it had aRead more
population of 79,379. The wider Metropolitan Borough had a population of 312,900. In 2014, the borough council adopted a slogan describing Dudley as the capital of the Black Country, a title by which it had long been informally known.
Originally a market town, Dudley was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution and grew into an industrial centre in the 19th century with its iron, coal, and limestone industries before their decline and the relocation of its commercial centre to the nearby Merry Hill Shopping Centre in the 1980s. Tourist attractions include Dudley Zoo and Castle, the 12th-century priory ruins, and the Black Country Living Museum.
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Within an hour or so of Dudley: Black Country Living Museum (2 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (2 km), The Peter James Collection (13 km), Land Rover Experience Solihull (22 km).
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, A537 Cat and Fiddle Summit and Goyt Valley road, Peak District.
Dudley is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Oldbury.
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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.
2 km · about 5 min drive
film location
The open-air museum in Dudley provides the canal-side streets and workshops of Peaky Blinders' Small Heath.
2 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
The world's largest collection of British motorcycles with over 1,000 machines spanning a century of manufacturing near Solihull.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
31 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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
40 km · about 45 min drive
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
April to October
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