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West Park

Photo of West Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Wolverhampton, the West Midlands, central England.

West Park

© Gordon Griffiths / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Gordon Griffiths / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

West Park

Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time

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West Park opened in 1881 on old racecourse land, designed by Edgbaston nurseryman R. H. Vertegans as Wolverhampton’s answer to a Victorian people’s park. A boating lake stocked with ducks and swans sits below a Grade II-listed cast-iron bandstand from 1882, with a heated conservatory added in 1896 and later restoration in the 1990s. Now Grade II* listed, it’s free to walk round any day, a short stroll from Wolverhampton station.

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Photo of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, a 46-mile canal running from Great Haywood Junction to Stourport-on-Severn, central England.

Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Canal

Brindley's cross-country link of 1772 from the Trent & Mersey to the Severn, ending at the purpose-built port of Stourport.

1.6 km NW · Staffordshire, Worcestershire & West Midlands

Photo of the Shropshire Union Canal, a 67-mile canal running from Wolverhampton to Ellesmere Port, England.

Shropshire Union Canal

Canal

Telford's dead-straight last great canal, running embankment-and-cutting from the Black Country to the Mersey at Ellesmere Port.

3 km N · Cheshire, Staffordshire & Shropshire

Photo of Wightwick Manor, a Grade II registered house & garden near Wolverhampton, the West Midlands, central England.Highlight

Wightwick Manor

House & garden near Wolverhampton

Arts-and-Crafts house rich in Pre-Raphaelite art.

3.8 km W

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

4.7 km NE · spans 14 counties

Photo of Baggeridge Country Park, a country park near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, central England.

Baggeridge Country Park

Country park near Wolverhampton

A country park in Staffordshire.

5.7 km S

Photo of Boscobel House, a Grade II registered house & garden near Brewood, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Boscobel House

House & garden near Brewood

The hunting lodge where Charles II hid after Worcester, with the Royal Oak descendant in its field.

11.4 km NW