Pelsall works well as a base: 10 minutes from Aldridge, 14km from Black Country Living Museum.
Pelsall is in England, United Kingdom, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Aldridge, about 4 km away.
Pelsall is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. Forming part of the borough's border with Staffordshire, Pelsall is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Walsall and midway between the towns of Bloxwich and Brownhills. It became a centre for coal mining and the site of an iron works in theRead more 19th century. Pelsall is known for its commons. The Wyrley and Essington Canal is nearby.
Within an hour or so of Pelsall: Black Country Living Museum (14 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (14 km), The Peter James Collection (17 km), Land Rover Experience Solihull (26 km).
Are there any good drives near Pelsall?
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, A537 Cat and Fiddle Summit and Goyt Valley road, Peak District.
Where is Pelsall?
Pelsall is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Aldridge.
Road trip
Drive to Pelsall
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.
14 km · about 25 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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
The Peter James Collection
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
17 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.
26 km · about 30 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.
27 km · about 30 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Coventry Transport Museum
Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Alton Towers
Major British theme park set in the grounds of a historic estate in Staffordshire with record-breaking coasters.
40 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Pelsall
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
64 kmA54 Congleton to BuxtonA fast moorland alternative to the Cat and Fiddle, rolling over the Peak District's western edge past Danebridge and the Cheshire border.
68 kmCat and Fiddle ViewpointA high-altitude viewpoint on the A537 between Macclesfield and Buxton, one of England's highest roads with expansive moorland vistas.
68 kmGoyt Valley road, Peak DistrictA quiet reservoir road between Errwood and Fernilee in the Goyt Valley, wooded and twisting, often closed to through traffic on summer Sundays.
68 kmA537 Cat and Fiddle SummitThe 515 m high point of the A537 between Buxton and Macclesfield, long one of Britain's most notorious motorcycling roads.
69 kmMonsal HeadA viewpoint above the Wye valley looking down on the five-arch Headstone Viaduct, now carrying the Monsal Trail.
70 kmCat and Fiddle RoadA thrilling moorland road between Macclesfield and Buxton in the Peak District, one of the UK's most famous driving roads.