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About Walsall Leather Museum

Walsall Leather Museum is located in Walsall, in the West Midlands in England, and was opened in 1988, in a Victorian factory building renovated by Walsall Council. It tells the story of the leather trade in Walsall, charting the town's rise from a small market town into an international saddle-making centre. Exhibits in the museum include a range of Walsall-made leathergoods, from saddles to gloves, bags, shoes, and leather fashion accessories.

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The New Art Gallery Walsall

The New Art Gallery Walsall

0.37km from Walsall Leather Museum

The New Art Gallery Walsall is a modern and contemporary art gallery sited in the centre of the West Midlands town of Walsall, England. It is the home of the Garman Ryan Collection, an impressive and intimate collection of paintings, sculpture and objects assembled by Kathleen Garman and Sally Ryan, and given to the town in 1973.

Walsall Arboretum

Walsall Arboretum

1.65km from Walsall Leather Museum

Walsall Arboretum is a Victorian public park located close to Walsall town centre in the West Midlands of England. Part of the park and surrounding housing are covered by the Arboretum conservation area. The Arboretum is also the venue for a wide range of events and activities many staged and run by local community groups / small charities while the park also attracts travelling circuses and fairs.

Forge Mill Farm

Forge Mill Farm

6.44km from Walsall Leather Museum

Forge Mill Farm is one of two farm visitor centres within Sandwell Valley Country Park. It is a working dairy farm where the main attraction is the dairy and other things. Here you can meet the animals, the kids can enjoy the sand pit and they can join in with craft activities. The farm is open most days throughout the year. There is a small charge to enter.

RSPB Sandwell Valley

RSPB Sandwell Valley

6.57km from Walsall Leather Museum

Sandwell Valley RSPB reserve is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Sandwell Valley, to the north of West Bromwich, in the Sandwell borough of West Midlands in England. It is adjacent to, and shares its main lake with, Sandwell Valley Country Park and near the settlement of Hamstead. The reserve is located around the eastern and northern edges of the Forge Mill Lake, a storm water retention basin within a meander of the River Tame.

Sandwell Valley Country Park

Sandwell Valley Country Park

7.5km from Walsall Leather Museum

Sandwell Valley Country Park is in the heart of the West Midlands and just one mile from West Bromwich town centre. Its leisure facilities include an adventure centre with cycle hire, access routes for walking, cycling and horse riding, pitch and putt, crazy golf, tennis courts, football pitches, tractor and trailer rides and open top bus rides.

Sandwell Park Farm

Sandwell Park Farm

7.53km from Walsall Leather Museum

Sandwell Park Farm is a historical restored working farm. Grazing meadows, a traditional farmyard, walled kitchen gardens, Grade II listed buildings, a small museum and award-winning tea rooms provide a perfect day out. It is a venue for rare breed animals and is a member of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.

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The West Midlands is a ceremonial county, metropolitan county, and combined authority area in west-central England. It was the second-most populous county in England after Greater London. Famous for so many attractive locations and also a unique location for a leisure trip.

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