Himley
Himley is a locality in South Staffordshire District, Staffordshire, England. Himley is situated nearby to the suburb The Straits, as well as near the village Wombourne.Places of Interest
Highlights include Holbeche House and Baggeridge Country Park.
Holbeche House
Historic house
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holbeche House is a mansion located approximately 1 mile north of Kingswinford, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley but historically in Staffordshire. Some members of the Gunpowder Plot were either killed or captured at Holbeche House in 1605.
Baggeridge Country Park
Park
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baggeridge Country Park is located within the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Its entrance is on the A463 just west of Gospel End, a small Staffordshire village just beyond the borders of the Wolverhampton, Gornal and the surrounding Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.
St Benedict Biscop Church, Wombourne
Church
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Benedict Biscop Church is a parish church in Wombourne, Staffordshire. It is part of the Anglican Smestow Vale team ministry comprising the parishes of Wombourne, Trysull, Swindon, Himley and Bobbington, in the Diocese of Lichfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dudley and Kingswinford.
Dudley
Photo: Phil Sangwell, CC BY 2.0.
Dudley is a town of almost 80,000 people in the West Midlands region of England. Its tourist attractions include Dudley Zoo and Castle, the 12th-century priory ruins, and the Black Country Living Museum.
Kingswinford
Village
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands, situated 5 miles west-southwest of central Dudley, bordering the South Staffordshire district. Kingswinford is situated 2 miles south of Himley.
Sedgley
Suburb
Photo: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedgley is a town in the north of the Dudley district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, Sedgley is on the A459 road between Wolverhampton and Dudley, and was formerly the seat of an ancient manor comprising several smaller villages, including Gornal, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley, and Brierley.
Himley
- Type: Locality
- Location: South Staffordshire District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.5278° or 52° 31′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.1652° or 2° 9′ 55″ westElevation
367 feet (112 metres)Open location code
9C4VGRHM+4WGeoNames ID
7297250
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