Smethwick
Smethwick is a Town in the county of West Midlands.
Smethwick postcode: B66 4
There are great places to visit near Smethwick including some great towns, shopping centres, castles, cities, canals, country parks, woodlands, parks, historic buildings, villages, museums, gardens, nature reserves, lakes and airports.
Don't miss Dudley, Stourbridge, Moseley, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich, and Solihull's towns if visiting the area around Smethwick.
Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central are great places to visit near Smethwick if you like shopping centres.
There are a several good castles in the Smethwick area like Dudley Castle, and Caluden Castle (ruin).
Birmingham, and Coventry are great places to visit near Smethwick if you like cities.
The area close to Smethwick boasts some of the best canals including Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal.
Don't miss 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's country parks if visiting the area around Smethwick.
There are a several good woodlands in the area around Smethwick like Lickey Hills Country Park.
There are a number of parks near Smethwick including Cannon Hill Park, Caludon Castle Park, Baddesley Clinton, and Elmdon Park.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Smethwick area like Victoria Square - Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Selly Manor Museum, Baddesley Clinton, St Alphege Parish Church, and Packwood House.
The area around Smethwick's best villages can be found at Bournville.
The area around Smethwick boasts some of the best museums including Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World.
Places near Smethwick feature a number of interesting gardens 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 Smethwick.
Lakes to visit near Smethwick include Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes.
There are a number of airports near to Smethwick including Birmingham Airport.
Smethwick History
There are some historic monuments around Smethwick:
Places to see near Smethwick
History of Smethwick
One notable company was The London Works, manufacturing base of the Fox Henderson Company which made the steel framework for the Crystal Palace. This was founded by Charles Fox, whose inventions included the first patented railway points. His notable employees included William Siemens, the notable mechanical and electrical engineer. The company was bankrupted in 1855 by the failure of an overseas railway to pay for work done. The site was later used by the GKN company. In 2015 the site was being cleared to build the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital which aims to combine the Sandwell General Hospital at West Bromwich and City Hospital, Dudley Road. Work at the site has come to a standstill because of the crisis in the building industry.
