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Photo of Gas Street Basin, a landmark near Birmingham, the West Midlands, central England.

Gas Street Basin© Roger D Kidd / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Old Hill StationOld Hill

49 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

0.1 km NE · spans 14 counties

Photo: Clent Hills, a viewpoint near Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, central England.Highlight

Clent Hills

Viewpoint near Chaddesley Corbett

National Trust hills of woodland and heath near Birmingham, with a summit topograph and views to the Cotswolds and Wales.

7 km S

Photo of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, a Grade II* registered house & garden in the West Midlands, central England.Highlight

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

House & garden near Birmingham

A John Claudius Loudon design of 1832, arranged around four Victorian glasshouses.

8.6 km E

Photo of Gas Street Basin, a landmark near Birmingham, the West Midlands, central England.Highlight

Gas Street Basin

Landmark near Birmingham

The canal crossroads at the heart of Birmingham, narrowboats moored among the old warehouses where the city's waterways meet.

9.9 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of The Leasowes, a Grade I registered house & garden near Birmingham, the West Midlands, central England.

The Leasowes

House & garden near Birmingham

William Shenstone's poetic 'ferme ornée' of 1743, once among the most visited gardens in Europe.

2.4 km SE

Halesowen Abbey

Abbey near Barnt Green

Halesowen Abbey and associated water control features

3.4 km SE

Photo of Woodgate Valley Country Park, a country park near Birmingham, the West Midlands, central England.

Woodgate Valley Country Park

Country park near Birmingham

A country park in West Midlands.

3.7 km SE

Photo of the Birmingham Canal Main Line, a canal running from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, central England.

Birmingham Canal Main Line

Canal

The spine of the Birmingham Canal Navigations — Brindley's winding old main line and Telford's ruler-straight new one, side by side.

4.2 km NE · West Midlands

Photo of Hagley Hall, a Grade I registered house & garden near Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, central England.

Hagley Hall

House & garden near Chaddesley Corbett

A pink sandstone Palladian house by Sanderson Miller, set in a 350-acre deer park.

6.4 km SW

Photo of Frankley Beeches, a country estate near Barnt Green, Worcestershire, central England.

Frankley Beeches

Country estate near Barnt Green

A National Trust place in Worcestershire.

6.8 km SE

Photo of Sandwell Valley Country Park, a country park near Birmingham, the West Midlands, central England.

Sandwell Valley Country Park

Country park near Birmingham

A country park in West Midlands.

7.6 km NE

Photo of Waseley Hills Country Park, a country park near Barnt Green, Worcestershire, central England.

Waseley Hills Country Park

Country park near Barnt Green

A country park in Worcestershire.

7.7 km S

Photo of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, a 30-mile canal running from Birmingham to Worcester, central England.

Worcester & Birmingham Canal

Canal

Down from Birmingham to the Severn at Worcester by fifty-eight locks, thirty of them in the great Tardebigge flight.

8.4 km E · Worcestershire & West Midlands

Everything else within 10 km (36) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.