West Midlands
The West Midlands metropolitan area is a county in the West Midlands region. The West Midlands County is one of the most heavily urbanised counties in the UK.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Birmingham and Coventry.
Birmingham
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Birmingham, in the West Midlands, is Britain's second-largest city. Known in the Victorian era as the "City of a Thousand Trades" and the "Workshop of the World", Brum, as locals call the city, is enjoying a 21st-century resurgence as a great shopping and cultural destination.
Coventry
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Coventry is a large city in the West Midlands region of England, part of the United Kingdom. It has a population of just over 365,000, making it the eleventh-largest city in the country.
Wolverhampton
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Wolverhampton is in the West Midlands county of England. Whilst Wolverhampton isn't well known as a tourist attraction, those visiting friends at the University of Wolverhampton, enjoying a football match at the famous Molineux Stadium or attending a concert at one of the fine local music venues will probably be pleasantly surprised by what this city has to offer.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as West Bromwich and Walsall.
West Bromwich
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West Bromwich, commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is 7 miles northwest of Birmingham.
Walsall
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Walsall is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located 9 miles north-west of Birmingham, 7 miles east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles south-west of Lichfield.
Dudley
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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.
Solihull
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Solihull is a town near Birmingham in the West Midlands county on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. It offers a mix of urban centres and rural villages. Many people visit Solihull for events at the National Exhibition Centre.
Stourbridge
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Stourbridge is a small, historic town in the borough of Dudley in the West Midlands. It is located on the south-western edge of the conurbation of industrial towns known as the Black Country.
Sandwell
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Sandwell is a metropolitan borough that spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands, including Bearwood, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Tividale, Wednesbury, West Bromwich.
Meriden
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Meriden is a small historic village in the West Midlands, England. It is situated about half way between Birmingham and Coventry. It is said to be the centre of England, but the name of this village actually means "Merry Vale".
West Midlands
- Type: Region with 2,860,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan county in England
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County West Midlands”, “Midlands West”, and “West Midlands county”
- Neighbors: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire
- Categories: metropolitan county and ceremonial county of England
- Location: West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“West Midlands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wes-Midlands”
- Arabic: “ويست مدلاندز”
- Armenian: “Ուեսթ Միդլանդս”
- Armenian: “Ուեսթ Միդլենդս”
- Asturian: “Tierres Medies Occidentales”
- Azerbaijani: “Uest-Midlends qraflığı”
- Azerbaijani: “Uest-Midlends”
- Balinese: “Midlands Kauh (county)”
- Balinese: “Midlands Kauh”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko Midlands”
- Belarusian: “графства Уэст-Мідлендс”
- Belarusian: “Заходні Мідлэндс”
- Belarusian: “Уэст-Мідлендс”
- Belarusian: “Ўэст-Мідлэндс”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট মিডল্যান্ড”
- Breton: “Kontelezh Kornôg Midlands”
- Bulgarian: “Уест Мидландс”
- Catalan: “West Midlands”
- Cebuano: “West Midlands”
- Chinese: “West Midlands”
- Chinese: “西密德蘭”
- Chinese: “西密德蘭郡”
- Chinese: “西米德兰兹郡”
- Chinese: “西米德蘭茲郡”
- Czech: “West Midlands”
- Danish: “West Midlands”
- Dutch: “West Midlands”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويست مدلاندز”
- Esperanto: “Uesta Mezlando”
- Estonian: “Lääne-Midlands”
- Estonian: “West Midlands”
- Finnish: “Länsi-Midlands”
- French: “comté des Midlands de l’Ouest”
- French: “Midlands de l’Ouest”
- Galician: “Midlands Occidentais”
- German: “West Midlands”
- Greek: “Ουέστ Μίντλαντς”
- Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ મિડલેન્ડ્સ”
- Hebrew: “וסט מידלנדס”
- Hindi: “वेस्ट मिडलैंड्स”
- Hungarian: “West Midlands megye”
- Hungarian: “West Midlands”
- Icelandic: “Vestur-Miðhéruð”
- Ido: “West Midlands”
- Indonesian: “Midlands Barat”
- Indonesian: “West Midlands”
- Irish: “Midlands Thiar”
- Italian: “West Midlands”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・ミッドランズ”
- Japanese: “西ミッドランズ”
- Japanese: “西ミッドランズ州”
- Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಮಿಡ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್”
- Korean: “웨스트미들랜즈주”
- Ladin: “West Midlands”
- Latin: “Mediterranea Occidentalia”
- Latvian: “Rietummidlenda”
- Latvian: “Vestmidlendas grāfiste”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Midlandsas”
- Luxembourgish: “West Midlands”
- Macedonian: “Западен Мидлендс”
- Manx: “Mean-çheerey Heear Hostyn”
- Manx: “Mean-çheerey Heear”
- Marathi: “वेस्ट मिडलंड्स”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Midlands”
- Northern Frisian: “Waast Madlunen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Midlands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Midlands”
- Norwegian: “West Midlands”
- Occitan (post 1500): “West Midlands”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westmidlandscir”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westmidlandscīr”
- Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Мидлендс (графад)”
- Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Мидлендс”
- Persian: “شهرستان میدلندز غربی”
- Persian: “میدلندز غربی”
- Polish: “West Midlands”
- Portuguese: “Midlands Ocidentais”
- Romanian: “West Midlands”
- Russian: “Уэст-Мидлендс”
- Scots: “Wast Midlands”
- Serbian: “Западни Мидландс”
- Serbian: “Западни Мидлендс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Midlands”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadni Midlands”
- Sicilian: “West Midlands”
- Slovak: “West Midlands”
- Slovenian: “West Midlands”
- Spanish: “Midlands Occidentales”
- Spanish: “Tierras Medias Occidentales”
- Swedish: “West Midlands”
- Tajik: “Мидленси Ғарбӣ”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு மிட்லாண்ட்ஸ்”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ మిడ్ ల్యాండ్స్”
- Thai: “เวสต์มิดแลนส์ (เทศมณฑล)”
- Thai: “เวสต์มิดแลนส์”
- Turkish: “Batı Midlands”
- Turkish: “Törensel Batı Midlands Metropoliten Kontluğu”
- Turkish: “West Midlands”
- Ukrainian: “Західний Мідленд”
- Urdu: “مغربی مڈلینڈز”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ میدلینڈس”
- Venetian: “West Midlands”
- Vietnamese: “West Midlands”
- Volapük: “West Midlands”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Midlands (condado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Midlands”
- Welsh: “Gorllewin Canolbarth Lloegr”
- Western Panjabi: “ویسٹمڈلینڈز”
- Wu Chinese: “西米德兰兹郡”
- Yiddish: “מערב מידלאנדס”
- Yue Chinese: “西密德蘭”
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