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Places worth the detour in Birmingham

38 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Birmingham, United Kingdom, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (36). Best known: Aston Hall. 37 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological36 Nature2
Within 30 km
38
Oldest
Stoneleigh Abbey 1101
Little known
37 of 38
Most from
12th century
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Aston Hall
Aston Hall · Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

All 38, ranked 38

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

9 of 38

Within reach of Birmingham

8 of 8

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Birmingham?

38 places within 30 km: 36 archaeological & historic sites and 2 nature & landscapes. The best known is Aston Hall.

Is there anything near Birmingham that most visitors miss?

37 of these 38 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Birmingham?

Stoneleigh Abbey, dated to 1101.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Birmingham, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.