Wednesfield works well as a base: 10 minutes from Essington, 8km from Black Country Living Museum.
Wednesfield is in England, United Kingdom, with about 34,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Essington, about 4 km away.
Wednesfield () is a town and historic village in the City of Wolverhampton, in the county of the West Midlands, England; it was historically within the county of Staffordshire. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) east-north-east of Wolverhampton city centre and about 10 miles (16 km) from Birmingham. Local areas include AshmoreRead more Park and Wood End. There is a formal garden at Wednesfield Park.
Within an hour or so of Wednesfield: Black Country Living Museum (8 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (9 km), The Peter James Collection (18 km), Ironbridge Gorge (27 km).
Are there any good drives near Wednesfield?
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, A537 Cat and Fiddle Summit and Goyt Valley road, Peak District.
Where is Wednesfield?
Wednesfield is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Essington.
Road trip
Drive to Wednesfield
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.
9 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.
18 km · about 20 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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Land Rover Experience Solihull
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
28 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Coventry Transport Museum
Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Wednesfield
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
67 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.
72 kmCat and Fiddle ViewpointA high-altitude viewpoint on the A537 between Macclesfield and Buxton, one of England's highest roads with expansive moorland vistas.
72 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.
72 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.