Description
Once the backbone of England’s industrial heartland, the Black Country is now revitalised as one of Britain’s most surprising tourist secrets. Visit a Living Museum, take a traditional fish & chip lunch, explore a preserved factory in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter and enjoy a guided tour of the old back-back housing.
Itinerary
Tour Highlights:
Black Country Living Museum - Cruise on a canal, Experience a Victorian School Lesson, Enjoy a traditional Fish & Chip Lunch • Jewellery Quarter Museum • Back-Back Houses Exhibition
Full Day
To the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley. Explore a recreated canalside village, which shows what life was like around 1900, cruise into Dudley Tunnel, ride on an old tramcar, take a lesson in the Victorian schoolroom, and enjoy a fish and chip meal cooked on an old 1930’s range (all included in the cost).
Full Day
To the nearby city of Birmingham and the Jewellery Quarter Museum where little has changed since the early 1900’s and it is now a perfectly preserved time capsule, where you can discover the skill of the jeweller’s craft on an included factory tour. Finally, take a guided tour of four back-toback houses, recently restored to show how people lived in this type of house between 1840 and 1977 (admission included).
Venue Information
Britannia Hotel - Wolverhampton
THE BRITANNIA HOTEL is situated in the centre of Wolverhampton, next door to the Grand Theatre. There is a buffet restaurant, bar and all bedrooms offer private facilities, television, telephone, hairdryer, trouser press and tea and coffee making facilities. • Full buffet breakfast and dinner plus tea or coffee • Lift