Aldridge Transport Museum 2025
West Midlands
A large museum to explore, with a village and charismatic residents to chat with. Trams to ride, games to play, things being made and stories to hear. Canal boats and boatyard. Coal fired bakery, chain making shop, 19th century housing and chapel, a 3ft 6in. gauge electric tramway. Full size replica of a 1712 Newcomen engine, colliery steam winding engine and underground mining experience.
Address: Tipton Road Dudley West Midlands DY1 4SQ
Wed-Sun Nov-22 Dec. Daily 23-24 Dec, 27 Dec-5 Jan 2025. 1000-1600. (Closed 1, 18 Dec.) Visit website or facebook for more details and advance booking.
Leave the 21st century behind for the day and experience the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the Black Country as you explore rebuilt, replica or recreated shops, houses and industrial workshops. The museum site covers 29 acres, which is about 20 football fields.