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.
Dudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Moseley, Handsworth, Harborne, and Sutton Coldfield are some of Smethwick best towns to visit near Smethwick.
Shopping Centres to visit near Smethwick include Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central.
Dudley Castle, and Caluden Castle (ruin) are some of Smethwick best castles to visit near Smethwick.
Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton are some of Smethwick best cities to visit near Smethwick.
There are a several good canals in the area around Smethwick like Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal.
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 are great places to visit near Smethwick if you like country parks.
Lickey Hills Country Park, and Walsall Arboretum are great places to visit near Smethwick if you like woodlands.
The area around Smethwick 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 Smethwick including Victoria Square - Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Selly Manor Museum, Baddesley Clinton, St Alphege Parish Church, and Packwood House.
Smethwick's best nearby villages can be found at Bournville, and Lea Marston.
There are a number of museums near Smethwick including Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World.
Don't miss The Birmingham Botanical Gardens's gardens if visiting the area around Smethwick.
There are a number of nature reserves near Smethwick including Moseley Bog, RSPB Sandwell Valley, and Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve.
Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes are some of Smethwick best lakes to visit near Smethwick.
Birmingham Airport is a great place to visit close to Smethwick if you like airports.
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.
