Great Barr is a Village in the county of West Midlands.

Great Barr postcode: B43 7BB

Retail in Great Barr

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

Towns to visit near Great Barr include Dudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Moseley, Handsworth, Harborne, and Sutton Coldfield.

There are a number of shopping centres near Great Barr including Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central.

Great Barr has some unmissable castles nearby like Dudley Castle, and Caluden Castle (ruin).

Great Barr has some unmissable cities nearby like Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton.

There are a number of canals near to Great Barr including Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal.

There are a several good country parks in the Great Barr area like 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.

Great Barr has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Lickey Hills Country Park, and Walsall Arboretum.

There are a several good parks in the Great Barr area like Cannon Hill Park, Grove Park, Caludon Castle Park, Baddesley Clinton, Elmdon Park, and Walsall Arboretum.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Great Barr area like Victoria Square - Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Selly Manor Museum, Baddesley Clinton, St Alphege Parish Church, and Packwood House.

Bournville, and Lea Marston are great places to visit near Great Barr if you like villages.

Great Barr's best nearby museums can be found at Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World.

There are a number of gardens near to Great Barr including The Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

Don't miss Moseley Bog, RSPB Sandwell Valley, and Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Great Barr.

Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes are great places to visit near Great Barr if you like lakes.

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

Great Barr History

There are some historic monuments around Great Barr:

• Hlaew 12m north west of Rushall Hall
• Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation
• Cross in All Saints churchyard
• Chances Glassworks, Smethwick
• Roman site, Letocetum
• Bowl barrow at King's Standing
• Smeaton's Summit Bridge
• Moated site, 15m south of Moat Farm
• Medieval fortified house at Rushall Hall
• Remains of the Boulton and Watt Soho foundry and mint, Birmingham Canal, Smethwick
• Engine Arm Aqueduct, Warley
• Medieval deerpark and other archaeological remains in Sutton Park
• Smethwick Engine House
• Perry Bridge
• Sandwell Priory, a Benedictine monastery