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Handsworth Park is a park in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England. It lies 15 minutes by bus from the centre of Birmingham and comprises 63 acres of landscaped grass slopes, including a large boating lake and a smaller pond fed by the Farcroft and Grove Brooks, flower beds, mature trees and shrubs with a diversity of wildlife.Address : Holly Rd, Handsworth, Birmingham B20 2BY, UK
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Soho HouseSoho House was the elegant home of the industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton from 1766 to 1809. The house has been beautifully restored and reflects the fashions and tastes of the late Georgian period. There's also the chance to see some of the products of Boulton's nearby factory where buttons and buckles, clocks and vases, and silver and Sheffield plate tableware were made and where he developed the steam engine in partnership with James Watt.
Museum of the Jewellery QuarterThe Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is a museum at 75-79 Vyse Street in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the nine museums run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom. It offers a unique insight into the working life and history of the renowned Jewellery Quarter. Explore this extraordinary time capsule on a lively guided tour. Watch live demonstrations at the jewellers' bench of the traditional skills of this fine trade, and discove
Aston HallAston Hall is a magnificent seventeenth century red-brick mansion situated in a picturesque public park on the north side of Birmingham. The house was completed in April 1635, and is now Grade I listed. It sits in a large park, part of which became Villa Park, the home ground of the Aston Villa football club.It is now a community museum managed by the Birmingham Museums Trust and, following a major renovation completed in 2009, is open to the public during the summer months.
Pen MuseumThe Pen Museum is a museum about the history of making writing implements in the Hockley area of Birmingham in the West Midlands. Its three galleries contain exhibits showing the important part Birmingham had to play in the pen making industry, being the world leader for well over a 100 years. There are interactive exhibits where visitors can try using different writing implements, displays of writing equipment, factory machinery, demonstrations of pen making and a reconstruction of Victorian s
RSPB Sandwell ValleySandwell Valley RSPB reserve is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Sandwell Valley, to the north of West Bromwich, in the Sandwell borough of West Midlands in England. It is adjacent to, and shares its main lake with, Sandwell Valley Country Park and near the settlement of Hamstead. The reserve is located around the eastern and northern edges of the Forge Mill Lake, a storm water retention basin within a meander of the River Tame.
St Chad's Cathedral (Roman Catholic)It was the first Roman Catholic cathedral built in England since the Reformation that features one of the finest decorated church ceilings in the Midlands. The cathedral is located in a public greenspace near St Chad's Queensway, in central Birmingham. The current archbishop is Bernard Longley, and the dean is Monsignor Timothy Menezes. It is one of only four minor basilicas in England.
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West MidlandsThe West Midlands is a ceremonial county, metropolitan county, and combined authority area in west-central England. It was the second-most populous county in England after Greater London. Famous for so many attractive locations and also a unique location for a leisure trip.
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