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Moxley
West Midlands, West Midlands
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Days out around Moxley – lakes, viewpoints, hills, nature reserves and more. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🏞️ Lakes & lochs
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⛰️ Hills & peaks
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🏛️ Museums
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Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery
Wednesbury · 0.6 miles
The purpose-built Victorian gallery in Wednesbury, West Midlands, stands as a listed historic building that houses a range of local collections. Erected in 1891 to display the artworks donated by Mary Ann Richards in memory of her husband Edwin, the structure was designed by the West Bromwich firm Wood and Kendrick and features four façade panels depicting Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Flaxman and Sir Isaac Newton, alongside busts of former mayors Alderman Williams and Alderman Lloyd. After serving as council offices following the Second World War, the premises returned to museum use in 1972 following modernisation and renovation. Inside, the permanent displays include the Ruskin Pottery collection, noted for its varied glazes such as Bleu Soufflé, lustre and crystalline finishes, and the Richards Gallery, which presents fifty-four landscape paintings from the Richards bequest, many of which survived wartime storage in Kinver caves. Additional galleries hold a selection of Victorian-era toys and games for Key Stage 1 activities, works by local artist Joseph Gibbs—including a probable post-humous portrait of Mary Ann Richards—and the Crimean War medals of former mayor Alderman John Ashley Kilvert, recently restored to the museum after a complex provenance. Temporary exhibitions rotate roughly every six months; notable past shows have featured the inaugural public presentation of the Stuckism movement, a video art programme with Bill Viola, and portrait loans from Ingestre Hall. The museum is identified on OpenStreetMap as a history-type museum in Wednesbury and is recorded on the Historic England register.
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Bliston Craft Gallery and Library
Bilston · 1.9 miles
Tu 10:00-17:00; We 10:00-19:00; Th 10:00-17:00; Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-15:00
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🌳 Parks & gardens
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🏊 Lidos & swimming pools
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
Monarch on the Run
Bentley · 1.9 miles
One of four stones excavated from Bentley Hall, surrounding Bentley Cairn, tells the story of King Charles II sheltering here after losing the English Civil War. Engraved with a depiction of him disguised as a servant of Jane Lane, travelling to Bristol.
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🏚️ Ruins
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Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Moxley.
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