Accessible Days Out in the West Midlands
Choose Your Accessible Day Out in West Midlands
Map of the West Midlands
Carding Mill Valley And Long Mynd
Splash Landings – Alton Towers Waterpark
Thinktank – Birmingham Science Museum
Legoland Discovery Centre – Birmingham
Sea Life – Birmingham
Statfold Country Park
Foxfield Railway
Churnet Valley Railway
The Battlefield Line
Tittesworth Water Sports
Claymills Victorian Pumping Station
Honeybourne Pottery Studio
Severn Valley Railway
National Motorcycle Museum
Small Breeds Farm Park
National Forest Adventure Farm
Biddulph Grange Garden
Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre
Croome
Region Information
The West Midlands covers the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley, Solihull, Walsall and West Bromwich. The city of Coventry is also located within the West Midlands county, but is separated from the conurbation to the west by several miles of green belt.
The region is geographically diverse, from the urban central areas of the conurbation to the rural western counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire which border Wales. The longest river in the UK, the River Severn, traverses the region southeastwards, flowing through the county towns of Shrewsbury and Worcester, and the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Staffordshire is home to the industrialised Potteries conurbation, including the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and the Staffordshire Moorlands area, which borders the southeastern Peak District National Park near Leek. The region also encompasses five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Wye Valley, Shropshire hills, Cannock Chase, Malvern Hills, and parts of the Cotswolds. Warwickshire is home to the town of Stratford upon Avon, the birthplace of the writer William Shakespeare.
