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 has some unmissable towns nearby like Dudley, Stourbridge, Moseley, Harborne, Handsworth, Sutton Coldfield, and West Bromwich.

Foleshill's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central.

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

There are a several good cities in the Foleshill area like Birmingham, and Coventry.

Canals to visit near Foleshill include 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.

Don't miss Lickey Hills Country Park, and Walsall Arboretum's woodlands if visiting the area around Foleshill.

Cannon Hill Park, Grove Park, Caludon Castle Park, Baddesley Clinton, Elmdon Park, and Walsall Arboretum are great places to visit near Foleshill if you like parks.

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.

Don't miss Bournville, and Lea Marston's villages if visiting the area around Foleshill.

Don't miss Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World's museums if visiting the area around Foleshill.

There are a several good gardens in the area around Foleshill like The Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

There are a several good nature reserves in the Foleshill area like Moseley Bog, RSPB Sandwell Valley, and Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve.

Lakes to visit near Foleshill include Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes.

The area close to Foleshill boasts some of the best airports including Birmingham Airport.

Foleshill History

There are some historic monuments around Foleshill:

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