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Willenhall works well as a base: 10 minutes from Wolverhampton, 7km from Black Country Living Museum.
Willenhall is in England, United Kingdom, with about 50,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Wolverhampton, about 4 km away.
Willenhall is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the county of West Midlands, England. At the 2021 Census the town had a population of 49,587. It lies between Wolverhampton and Walsall on the River Tame, and is contiguous with both Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire. The M6 motorway atRead more
Junction 10 separates it from Walsall.
The town, formerly in the county of Staffordshire, is historically famous for the manufacture of locks and keys. As early as 1770, Willenhall contained 148 skilled locksmiths and its coat of arms reflects the importance of this industry to its growth. It was home to the National Union of Lock and Metal Workers from 1889 until 2004. Its motto is Salus Populi Suprema Lex – The welfare of the people is the highest law.
The urban district of Willenhall (established by the Local Government Act 1894) was partitioned in 1966 between the county boroughs of Walsall and Wolverhampton (since 1974 the metropolitan boroughs of Walsall and Wolverhampton).
The northern border of Willenhall has always adjoined open land, although the extent of Willenhall's expansion has meant in the last hundred years its northern border has been moved by about two miles.
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Within an hour or so of Willenhall: Black Country Living Museum (7 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (7 km), The Peter James Collection (16 km), Land Rover Experience Solihull (26 km).
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, A537 Cat and Fiddle Summit and Goyt Valley road, Peak District.
Willenhall is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Wolverhampton.
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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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
film location
The open-air museum in Dudley provides the canal-side streets and workshops of Peaky Blinders' Small Heath.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
The world's largest collection of British motorcycles with over 1,000 machines spanning a century of manufacturing near Solihull.
29 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
42 km · about 50 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
April to October
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