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Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick - Culture, history & faith

Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick is at 130 High Street in Smethwick. A converted church into a Sikh temple. It opened in 1961. It is a complete rebuild of the church into a gurdwara.

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Molineux Stadium - A Wolverhampton & West Midlands Gem!

The Molineux Stadium is a football stadium in the City of Wolverhampton. It is the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. It was opened in 1889.

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Dudley Port Station - A Sandwell & West Midlands Gem!

Dudley Port Station is on the Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton Line. First opened in 1852. Now just an island platform. Originally a High Level station. Trains every half an hour.

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Walsall Station - A Walsall & West Midlands Gem!

There has been a railway station in Walsall since at least 1837. The current station building mostly dates to the 1960s when the line was electrified from Birmingham New Street.

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Wythall Station - A West Midlands Gem!

Wythall Station is near the village of Wythall in Worcestershire (Bromsgrove district), part of the Shakespeare Line. Trains here are hourly. It's between Whitlocks End and Earlswood.

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Solihull Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Solihull Station is on the Chiltern Mainline between Birmingham Snow Hill and London Marylebone. Opened originally in 1852 by the GWR, had two island platforms now reduced to one.

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Olton Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Olton Station is on the Chiltern Mainline between Birmingham and Solihull. It opened in 1869. There is now two platforms for stopping services. Saxon horse sculpture outside the station.

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Bournville Cricket Ground - The Recreation Grounds

The Bournville Cricket Ground was developed as the Men's Recreation Grounds in 1896. Used throughout the year for cricket, football, hockey and bowls. The Pavilion here was built in 1902.

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Cadbury World - A Birmingham and West Midlands Gem!

Cadbury World is a visitor attraction located in Bournville, Birmingham, at the Cadbury chocolate factory. It opened up in 1990. All about the Cadbury Bros. Several rides to go on as well.

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Queen Mary's High School - A Walsall & West Midlands Gem!

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 - A Walsall & West Midlands Gem!

The Leather Museum opened in Walsall back in 1988, in a restored Victorian factory building. It tells the story of the Walsall leather trade.

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Bennetts Hill House - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

On Bennetts Hill in Birmingham is two pubs. At No 23 is The Sun on the Hill, while The Briar Rose is at No 25. No 24 is offices called Bennetts Hill House

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The Old Fire Station, Coventry - A Coventry and West Midlands Gem!

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.

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Coventry Transport Museum - A Coventry and West Midlands Gem!

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.

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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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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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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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