Foleshill is a Town in the county of West Midlands.

Foleshill postcode: CV6 5HP

Retail in Foleshill

There are great places to visit near Foleshill including some great towns, shopping centres, castles, cities, canals, country parks, woodlands, parks, historic buildings, villages, museums, gardens, nature reserves, lakes and airports.

Foleshill's best nearby towns can be found at Dudley, Stourbridge, Moseley, Handsworth, Harborne, Sutton Coldfield, and West Bromwich.

The area around Foleshill boasts some of the best shopping centres including Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central.

There are a several good castles in the Foleshill area like Dudley Castle, and Caluden Castle (ruin).

Cities to visit near Foleshill include Birmingham, and Coventry.

Places near Foleshill feature a number of interesting canals including Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal.

There are a number of country parks near Foleshill including Lickey Hills Country Park, Woodgate Valley Country Park, Sutton Park, Kingsbury Water Park, Sandwell Valley Country Park, Coombe Country Park, and Coombe Abbey Country Park.

There are a several good woodlands in the Foleshill area like Lickey Hills Country Park, and Walsall Arboretum.

The area around Foleshill features a number of interesting parks including Cannon Hill Park, Grove Park, Caludon Castle Park, Baddesley Clinton, Elmdon Park, and Walsall Arboretum.

There are a number of historic buildings near Foleshill including Victoria Square - Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Selly Manor Museum, Baddesley Clinton, St Alphege Parish Church, and Packwood House.

There are a number of villages near Foleshill including Bournville, and Lea Marston.

The area around Foleshill boasts some of the best museums including Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World.

Foleshill is near some unmissable gardens like The Birmingham Botanical Gardens,

Moseley Bog, RSPB Sandwell Valley, and Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve are great places to visit near Foleshill if you like nature reserves.

There are a several good lakes in the Foleshill area like Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes.

Places near Foleshill feature a number of interesting airports including Birmingham Airport.

Foleshill History

There are some historic monuments around Foleshill:

• Pit alignments N of Bubbenhall village
• Roman fort at The Lunt
• Caludon Castle: a moated site and part of an associated water management system
• The Benedictine priory and precinct of St Mary, Nuneaton
• Corley camp univallate hillfort
• Cast iron single-span bridge 110m WNW of Sherbourne House
• Stoneleigh Bridge
• Kenilworth Castle: a motte and bailey and enclosure castle with mere, dams and 16th century gardens
• Cook Street Gate
• Castle Hills: a motte and bailey castle 700m NE of St Mary and All Saint's Church
• Deserted medieval village at King's Hill
• Astley Castle moated site, fishponds, garden remains and Astley College
• Mound S of Combe Abbey
• Roman settlement at Glasshouse Wood
• Baginton Castle, associated settlement remains, ponds and mill sites
• Fishpond complex, 260m east of Castle Farm
• Brandon Castle
• Prehistoric pit alignments and associated features 160m north of The Barbellows
• Medieval moated site of Bockenden Grange
• Site of Cloister, Chapter House and Undercrofts of Coventry Priory
• Moated site at Bishop Ullathorne School
• Ringwork castle 80m south west of Castle Farm
• Coventry city walls
• Knightlow Cross and mound
• Moated site at Exhall Hall
• Ernesford Grange moated site, Binley
• Kenilworth Abbey
• Site of Charterhouse
• Moated site 190m south of Caludon Castle
• Stare Bridge
• Motte castle 150m SSW of Allesley Hall