Tipton
Tipton is a Town in the county of West Midlands.
Tipton postcode: DY4 9
There are great places to visit near Tipton 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 great places to visit near Tipton if you like towns.
Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central are some of Tipton best shopping centres to visit near Tipton.
Dudley Castle, and Caluden Castle (ruin) are some of Tipton best castles to visit near Tipton.
There are a number of cities near Tipton including Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton.
There are a several good canals in the area around Tipton like Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal.
Tipton has some unmissable country parks nearby 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.
Tipton's best nearby woodlands can be found at Lickey Hills Country Park, and Walsall Arboretum.
Parks to visit near Tipton include Cannon Hill Park, Grove Park, Caludon Castle Park, Baddesley Clinton, Elmdon Park, and Walsall Arboretum.
Don't miss Victoria Square - Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Selly Manor Museum, Baddesley Clinton, St Alphege Parish Church, and Packwood House's historic buildings if visiting the area around Tipton.
Don't miss Bournville, and Lea Marston's villages if visiting the area around Tipton.
The area around Tipton features a number of interesting museums including Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World.
The area close to Tipton boasts some of the best gardens including The Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
The area around Tipton boasts some of the best nature reserves including Moseley Bog, RSPB Sandwell Valley, and Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve.
Tipton has some unmissable lakes nearby like Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes.
Airports to visit near Tipton include Birmingham Airport.
Tipton History
There are some historic monuments around Tipton:
Places to see near Tipton
History of Tipton
James Watt built his first steam engine in or very near Tipton in the 1770s, which was used to pump water from the mines. In 1780, James Keir and Alexander Blair set up a chemical works there, making vast quantities of alkali and soap.
