Halesowen works well as a base: 5 minutes from Rowley Regis, 37km from Warwick Castle.
Halesowen is in England, United Kingdom, with about 60,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Rowley Regis, about 4 km away.
Halesowen ( haylz-OH-in) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of the West Midlands, England.
Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire, the town is around 7 miles (11 km) from Birmingham city centre, and 6 miles (10 km) from Dudley town centre. TheRead more population of the Halesowen built-up area at the 2021 census, was 60,110. Halesowen is in the Halesowen parliamentary constituency. It has been represented by Labour MP Alex Ballinger since 4 July 2024.
Within an hour or so of Halesowen: Black Country Living Museum (8 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (8 km), The Peter James Collection (12 km), Land Rover Experience Solihull (19 km).
Are there any good drives near Halesowen?
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, Gospel Pass and Goyt Valley road, Peak District.
Where is Halesowen?
Halesowen is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Rowley Regis.
Road trip
Drive to Halesowen
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
film location
Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders)
The open-air museum in Dudley provides the canal-side streets and workshops of Peaky Blinders' Small Heath.
8 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
The Peter James Collection
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
12 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Land Rover Experience Solihull
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
National Motorcycle Museum
The world's largest collection of British motorcycles with over 1,000 machines spanning a century of manufacturing near Solihull.
23 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb
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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Ironbridge Gorge
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
36 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Warwick Castle
A medieval castle built by William the Conqueror in 1068, situated on the banks of the River Avon in Warwickshire.
37 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Halesowen
7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
58 kmCleeve HillThe highest point of the Cotswolds at 330 m, an open common above Cheltenham with views to the Malverns and Wales.
78 kmSymonds Yat RockA famous viewpoint 504 feet above the River Wye, where peregrine falcons nest and the river performs a dramatic horseshoe bend.