Himley

Himley is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, 4 miles west of Dudley and 5 miles southwest of Wolverhampton. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 802. Himley Hall was the home of the Lords of Dudley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holbeche House and Baggeridge Country Park.

Holbeche House

Historic house

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Holbeche House is a mansion located approximately 1 mile north of Kingswinford, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the county of the West Midlands but historically in Staffordshire.

Baggeridge Country Park

Park

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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 West Midlands County, England. It is situated 5 miles west-southwest of Dudley, bordering Staffordshire. Kingswinford is situated 2 miles south of Himley.

Sedgley

Suburb

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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″ north

Longitude

-2.1652° or 2° 9′ 55″ west

Elevation

367 feet (112 metres)

Open location code

9C4VGRHM+4W

GeoNames ID

7297250

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