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Photo of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, a 26-mile canal running from King's Norton Junction to Stratford-upon-Avon, central England.

Stratford-upon-Avon Canal© Stephen McKay / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Smethwick Rolfe Street StationSmethwick

37 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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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.

3.7 km NW · spans 14 counties

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.

4.3 km SE

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.

4.6 km SE

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

6.7 km E · spans 9 counties

Photo of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, a 26-mile canal running from King's Norton Junction to Stratford-upon-Avon, central England.Iconic

Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

Canal

Through the old Forest of Arden to Shakespeare's town, saved by volunteers in the 1960s restoration that changed canal history.

9.7 km SE · Warwickshire & West Midlands

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.1 km N · West Midlands

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.

2.3 km N

Key Hill Cemetery

House & garden near Birmingham

Birmingham's first nonconformist burial ground of 1836, where Joseph Chamberlain lies.

3.9 km E

Photo of JW Evans Silver Factory, a visitor attraction near Birmingham, the West Midlands, central England.

JW Evans Silver Factory

Attraction near Birmingham

Family-run silverware works in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, trading from 1881 to 2008 and left as it closed, with its machinery and thousands of dies.

4.1 km E

Photo of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, a 15-mile canal running from Birmingham to Fazeley Junction, central England.

Birmingham & Fazeley Canal

Canal

Out of central Birmingham down the Farmer's Bridge and Aston flights, carrying the network's traffic toward the Trent valley.

4.3 km SE · West Midlands, Warwickshire & Staffordshire

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.

4.6 km SE · Worcestershire & West Midlands

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.

5.1 km S

Photo of Back to Backs, a house & garden near Birmingham, the West Midlands, central England.

Back to Backs

House & garden near Birmingham

A National Trust place in West Midlands.

5.5 km SE

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.

6.2 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (23) — 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.