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Photo of Kinver Edge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire, central England.

Kinver Edge© Mat Fascione / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Stourbridge Junction StationStourbridge

54 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.

0.2 km S · 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.

4.7 km SE

Photo of Kinver Edge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Kinver Edge

SSSI near Kinver

A wooded sandstone ridge above Kinver where families once lived in houses cut into the rock, now a National Trust reserve

7 km W

Photo of Holy Austin Rock Houses, a house near Kinver, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Holy Austin Rock Houses

House near Kinver

Restored troglodyte dwellings carved into the sandstone of Kinver Edge, the last inhabited rock houses in England, lived in until the 1960s.

7.3 km W

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

2.7 km SE

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.

5 km W · Staffordshire, Worcestershire & West Midlands

Kinver

Village

Sandstone village below the wooded ridge of Kinver Edge, gateway to the last inhabited rock houses cut into the cliffs of Holy Austin Rock.

6.6 km W · Staffordshire

Halesowen Abbey

Abbey near Barnt Green

Halesowen Abbey and associated water control features

6.7 km E

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.

7 km E

Photo along the Staffordshire Way, a 92-mile long-distance path running from Mow Cop to Kinver Edge, England.

Staffordshire Way

Long-distance path

Mow Cop to Kinver Edge behind the Staffordshire Knot waymark — gritstone, Cannock Chase heath and red sandstone to finish.

7.2 km W · Staffordshire, Derbyshire & Cheshire

Photo of Kingsford Country Park, a country park near Kinver, Worcestershire, central England.

Kingsford Country Park

Country park near Kinver

A country park in Worcestershire.

7.5 km W

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.

7.9 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.

7.9 km E

Everything else within 10 km (41) — 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.