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Wolverhampton Art Gallery - A Wolverhampton and West Midlands Gem!

Wolverhampton Art Gallery was opened on Lichfield Street in Wolverhampton in 1884. It was by the architect J. A. Chatwin of Birmingham. It was extended on Wulfruna Street in 2007.

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King Henry VIII School - A Coventry & West Midlands Gem!

King Henry VIII School was established in 1545  in Coventry, as a Free Grammar School. But by 1878 that was no longer the case. Now an Independent school, built 1885. Grade II listed.

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Top Green Park, Coventry - A wonderful open space!

Top Green Park is a small park in the City of Coventry, running along the Warwick Road, from Spencer Road towards Kenilworth Road.

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War Memorial Park, Coventry - A wonderful open space!

War Memorial Park is a large park south of Coventry City Centre. It opened in 1921 in tribute the people of Coventry who lost their lives during the First World War (1914-18). 

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Bucephalus statue in Coventry

Bucephalus also known as Trigger. A metal horse at Greyfriars Green in Coventry. Sculpted in 1986 by Simon Evans. Was in storage from 2014-18 during the Junction Six rebuilding.

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Statue of James Starley in Coventry

Statue of James Starley (1830 - 1881) on Greyfriars Green in Coventry. In 1870 he invented the bicycle. The statue was made by Joseph Whitehead and Sons in 1884.

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Statue of Sir Thomas White in Coventry

The statue of Sir Thomas White (1492 - 1567) near Greyfriars Green in Coventry. He established King Henry VIII School in Coventry around 1555. Statue made in 1883 by the Willis Bros.

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Herbert Art Gallery & Museum - A Coventry and West Midlands Gem!

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum opened in 1960 at Jordan Well in Coventry. The building was refurbished in 2008. From 2023, they are hosting Dippy the dinosaur for three years.

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Lions of the Great War - statue in Smethwick

The Lions of the Great War is a 2018 bronze statue by Luke Perry unveiled in Smethwick, depicting a Sikh soldier during the First World War. Near the High Street and Tollhouse Way.

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Engine Arm Aqueduct - A Sandwell & West Midlands Gem!

The Engine Arm Aqueduct was built in 1825 by Thomas Telford to carry a water feeder to the Engine Arm, over the New Main Line from the Old Main Line of the Birmingham Canal in Smethwick.

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Galton Valley Pumping Station, Smethwick - A Sandwell and West Midlands Gem!

The Galton Valley Pumping Station is situated in Smethwick, Sandwell between the New Main Line (Birmingham Level) and Old Main Line (Wolverhampton Level) of the Birmingham Canal.

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Kings Norton Junction House - A Birmingham and West Midlands Gem!

The Kings Norton Junction House was a toll house built on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and opened in 1796. Grade II listed in 1982. Damaged by fire in 2019. Getting restored in 2023.

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Lakeside Business Centre, Kings Norton - A Birmingham and West Midlands Gem!

On Lifford Lane in Kings Norton, what is now the Lakeside Business Centre used to be a Victorian paper mill called Sherbourne Mill. Some buildings survive along with the mill pool.

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Coronation Gardens, Dudley - A wonderful open space!

Coronation Gardens is situated in Dudley Town Centre between Priory Road and The Broadway. It is the location of the Dudley War Memorial and the 1939 Apollo fountain statue by William Bloye.

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Wightwick Manor, National Trust - A Wolverhampton and West Midlands Gem!

Wightwick Manor was built for the Mander family in the late 19th century. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1937. It is in Wolverhampton.

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Moseley Old Hall, National Trust - A Wolverhampton and West Midlands Gem!

Moseley Old Hall is located in Fordhouses, north of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. The hall was built in the late 16th or early 17th centuries. Associated with Charles II's 1651 escape.

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St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton - Culture, history and faith

St Peter's Collegiate Church is a Grade I listed building in Wolverhampton dating to the late 13th century. It was restored from 1852-65 by E. Christian. Built of Ashlar with a lead roof.

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St John's in the Square Wolverhampton - Culture, history and faith

St John's in the Square Wolverhampton is a church located at St John's Square in Wolverhampton. A Grade II* listed building, it was built between 1758 and 1776 by Roger Eykyn

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The former St George's Church, Wolverhampton - Culture, history and faith

St George's Church is a former Anglican church in Wolverhampton built in 1830. It later became a Sainsbury's supermarket from the 1980s until they relocated by 2013-14.

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Galton Bridge - A Sandwell and West Midlands Gem!

This amazing cast iron bridge on the main line of the Birmingham to Wolverhampton canal was built by Thomas Telford and opened in 1829.   

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Galton Tunnel - A Sandwell and West Midlands Gem!

Galton Tunnel on the Main Line of the Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal is to be found next to the quite amazing Galton Bridge. 122 yards long from the northwestern to southeastern portals.

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National Trust Back to Backs - A Birmingham and West Midlands Gem!

The Back To Backs is located in Southside on the corner of Hurst Street and Inge Street. The only surviving example of that kind of housing, now a museum run by the National Trust.

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Oak House Museum - A Sandwell Gem!

Oak House is a half-timbered Yeoman's farmers house in West Bromwich, Sandwell, now a museum. A Grade II* listed building dating to the late 16th century. 

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Queen's Building - A Wolverhampton Gem!

The Queen's Building was the entrance gateway to Wolverhampton High Level Station, opened in 1849. Now near the Wolverhampton Interchange and Bus Station. Last used as a Costa Coffee.

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Statue of Prince Albert at Queen Square in Wolverhampton

The equestrian statue of Prince Albert was unveiled by his widow Queen Victoria in 1866 at Queen Square in Wolverhampton. It was her first public outing after Prince Albert's death.

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