Wednesbury works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bilston, 5km from Black Country Living Museum.
Wednesbury is in England, United Kingdom, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Bilston, about 4 km away.
Wednesbury ( locally [ˈwɛnzbriː]) is a market town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England; it was historically in Staffordshire. It is located near the source of the River Tame and is part of the Black Country. Wednesbury is situated five miles (eight kilometres) southeast ofRead more Wolverhampton, three miles (five kilometres) southwest of Walsall and seven miles (eleven kilometres) northwest of Birmingham. At the 2021 Census, the town's built-up area had a population of 20,313.
Within an hour or so of Wednesbury: Black Country Living Museum (5 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (5 km), The Peter James Collection (12 km), Land Rover Experience Solihull (22 km).
Are there any good drives near Wednesbury?
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, A537 Cat and Fiddle Summit and Goyt Valley road, Peak District.
Where is Wednesbury?
Wednesbury is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Bilston.
Road trip
Drive to Wednesbury
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.
5 km · about 10 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.
5 km · about 10 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.
22 km · about 25 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.
25 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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Coventry Transport Museum
Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
38 km · about 45 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.
41 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Wednesbury
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
69 kmCleeve HillThe highest point of the Cotswolds at 330 m, an open common above Cheltenham with views to the Malverns and Wales.
72 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.