The Bonded Warehouse stands as a reminder of the prosperity brought by the canals. Built of brick at the same time as the town arm of Thomas Dadford’s Stourbridge Canal in 1779, the original building only acquired its top storey...

Kinver Edge is a spectacular high sandstone ridge that was once home to Britain’s last cave dwellers. The unique rock carved houses have been restored to their 19th Century hey-day. The fascinating area offers beautiful views across the...

The Lace Guild celebrates a grand heritage of lacemaking and manufacture in this country over a period of many centuries. The lace industry was important in the 18th and 19th Century, and although no longer in operation as it...

The Red House Glass Cone in Wordsley, lies at the heart of Stourbridge’s historic glassmaking quarter. Glass cones once dominated the skyline north of Stourbridge but now the Red House Glass Cone is one of only four remaining in Britain....

The Ruskin Glass Centre is situated in Amblecote, at the heart of Stourbridge’s historic Glass Quarter. Formerly the factory for Royal Doulton, the site now provides workshops for a thriving community of craftspeople in both traditional and contemporary glassmaking, together...

Glass has been made at the Dial Glassworks in Stourbridge since 1788. The full range of old buildings can be viewed from the Stourbridge Canal. All manner of glass was produced from broad glass and bottles through to industrial...

The canal network in the Black Country offers superb walking in an urban area. Between Stourbridge and Dudley, the canal climbs 145 feet through a series of sixteen locks. After lock twelve, the visitor comes to Wordsley Dock, which was...

Barrow Hill near Pensnett is a prominent landmark made up of dolerite, formed underneath what was once the Dudley Volcano. The summit, marked by a cross, is over 150m above sea level and gives stunning views across the area....

Glass is something that in the modern age we simply take for granted, a bog standard part of our lives that is everywhere we go. However, it has not always been this way, and the art and study of...

The Clent Hills Country Park is only eight miles from the Birmingham conurbation yet it seems a world away. The area was a popular destination for working people from the Midlands before the advent of paid holidays. Owned by the...

The Crooked House or ‘Siden House’ has been a Midlands tourist attraction for well over a hundred years. The building is a typical Black Country pub, however, one side is four foot lower than the other as a result of...

Haden Hill House is a Victorian gentleman’s residence and has been internally furnished to be befitting of such a man. Throughout, the property has been beautifully decorated, using wooden panelling and antique furniture to make not only a decadent,...

Harvington Hall is an Elizabethan, moated manor house with rare wall paintings and the finest series of priests hiding places in the country. The hall has a gift shop, picnic area, tearoom and free parking. It is open...

Harvington Mill is a beautiful example of a mill that would have once been an important part of the local industry in this area. No longer is it a commercial enterprise or needed by the people of the community,...

Marking the division between the Dudley and Stourbridge canals, the Black Delph staircase of locks has always been known locally as The Nine Locks, although there are only eight! The locks were rebuilt in 1850 with one fewer lock...

St Peter’s Church in Kinver sits high above the village on the side of Kinver Edge. It has been added to, and enlarged, over seven centuries. Much of the present church dates back to the 14th Century but...

At the Stone House Cottage Garden you will find three quarters of an acre walled garden full of plants, with rare wall shrubs, climbers and herbaceous plants. All these can be brought in the adjacent nursery. Unusual brick follies adorn...