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A Grammar School founded by Queen Mary I in 1554. The current Tudorbethan buildings in Walsall dates to around 1850 at Littleton Street East and Upper Forster Street. Re-founded in 1893.
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The Leather Museum opened in Walsall back in 1988, in a restored Victorian factory building. It tells the story of the Walsall leather trade.
The New Art Gallery Walsall is located at Gallery Square near the Walsall Town Arm of the Walsall Canal. Opened in the year 2000. Galleries on four floors.
The Old Fire Station is on Hales Street in Coventry. Built in 1902, it ceased to be a fire station in 1976 when they moved to Radford Road. Refurbished in 2006 with restaurants, bars etc.
Millennium Place opened in the early 2000s with the Whittle Arch and the new frontage to the Coventry Transport Museum. Built on the site of the Coventry Theatre.
At Millennium Place in Coventry is the bronze statue of Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the jet engine. It was unveiled in 2007 and sculpted by Faith Winter. Below the Whittle Arches.
The Coventry Transport Museum was established in 1980. Home to a large collection of cars, motorbikes, bikes and commercial vehicles. Including those built in Coventry and Jaguar's.
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.
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.
Top Green Park is a small park in the City of Coventry, running along the Warwick Road, from Spencer Road towards Kenilworth Road.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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