Attractions in West Midlands
The West Midlands' legacy of manufacturing is represented by its range of museums. There are heritage railways galore, such as the Severn Valley Railway, as well as transport museums and major centres such as the Black Country Museum, the RAF Museum at Cosford and Birmingham's Thinktank science museum.
The Steam Heritage Guide includes contact details, opening times and description of preservation and heritage attractions in the West Midlands area including Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Warwickshire.
Copsewood Miniature Railway 2020
Copsewood Sports Ground, Allard Way, Binley, Coventry , Warwickshire, .
- Refreshments
Mushroom Green Chainshop 2020
Quarry Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, .
Flaxmill Maltings Visitor Centre 2020
Spring Gardens (access off A5191), Ditherington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, .
Droitwich Spa Heritage Centre – Salt Museum 2020
St Richards House , 22 Victoria Square , Droitwich Spa , Worcestershire, .
- Souvenir Shop
Middleport Pottery 2020
Port Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, .
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
Etruria Industrial Museum 2020
Etruria Vale Road,
Etruria,
Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire,
.
Tel: 01782 626 082.
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
Tettenhall Transport Heritage Centre 2020
Henwood Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, .
- Souvenir Shop
Churnet Valley Railway 2020
Kingsley & Froghall Station,
Froghall,
Staffordshire,
.
Tel: 01538 750 755.
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
RAF Defford Museum 2020
Croome , Nr High Green, Worcester, Worcestershire, .
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
Cambrian Heritage Railways 2020
Oswestry Railway Station, Oswald Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, .
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
Cobb’s Engine House 2020
Windmill End , Darby End, West Midlands, .
Sarehole Mill
Cole Bank Road,
Hall Green,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
.
Tel: 0121 348 8160.
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
Museum of Carpet 2020
Stour Vale Mill, Green Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, .
Aldridge Transport Museum 2020
Shenstone Drive (off Northgate), Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, .
- Souvenir Shop
Apedale Heritage Centre 2020
Loomer Road, Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, .
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
Baggeridge Miniature Railway 2020
Baggeridge Country Park, Wombourne, Staffordshire, .
Forge Mill Needle Museum 2020
Needle Mill Lane,
Riverside,
Redditch,
Worcestershire,
.
Tel: 01527 62509.
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
Amerton Railway 2020
Stowe-by-Chartley,
Nr Weston,
Staffordshire,
.
Tel: 01889 271 337.
Woodseaves Miniature Railway 2020
Woodseaves Garden Plants, Woodseaves, Market Drayton, Shropshire, .
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
Acton Scott Historic Working Farm Museum 2020
Wenlock Lodge,
Acton Scott,
Church Stretton,
Shropshire,
.
Tel: 01694 781 307.
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
From the Steam Heritage Shop
September 2018
- Into The High Peaks
- Weekend with a Wallis
- GDSF – archive special
- Hot in Heddington
- Highland Dreams
- The Shetland Bus
- Commemorating 100 years of the RAF
£4.25
February 2019
- Off To See The Mayor
- Dunstable Diamonds
- Manx Electric Railway 125 – Part 2
- Getting A Sweet Tooth – Barbados steam-powered sugar factories
- Boxing Day Bash – steam gathering at Horsham
- The ‘Tranny’
£4.50
Squirrels, Nuts & Flying Rivets
The hilarious story of the rebuild of Richard ‘Turbo’ Vincent’s Foden steam wagon No. 11414 Freddie.
£7.95
Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel & Stone Vol.2
Combining extensive unseen footage with highlights from Fred’s programmes over the last seven years, this series looks at the many sides of Fred…