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Bliston Craft Gallery and Library

Bliston Craft Gallery and Library is a museum and library in Bilston, Wolverhampton. It comes under City of Wolverhampton Council. 65 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Wolverhampton Art Gallery (4.3 km).

Photo: Bliston Craft Gallery and Library, Gordon Griffiths (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Bilston

inside the built-up area

Run by

City of Wolverhampton Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Museum in Bilston

Inside Bilston

Bliston Craft Gallery and Library is inside Bilston’s built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

In Bilston, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°65 mm

Feb8° / 2°49 mm

Mar11° / 3°49 mm

Apr14° / 5°50 mm

May17° / 8°57 mm

Jun20° / 11°67 mm

Jul22° / 13°59 mm

Aug22° / 13°65 mm

Sep19° / 10°62 mm

Oct14° / 8°79 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec8° / 2°73 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Bilston, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Bilston. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Bilston’s full climate →

About

Bliston Craft Gallery and Library

Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Museum
Run by: City of Wolverhampton Council
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Bilston
Official site: wolverhamptonart.org.uk/bilston

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Useful details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where Bliston Craft Gallery and Library is

Find Bliston Craft Gallery and Library in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Bliston Craft Gallery and Library

Wolverhampton tops the 8 for size, at 234,029 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Bilston

34,631 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 900 m northwest of it

Wolverhampton

234,029 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 1 km northeast of it

Willenhall

49,582 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 1.2 km east of it

Darlaston

21,541 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bliston Craft Gallery and Library is	People	Places to visit
Bilston	It’s in town	34,631	21
Wolverhampton	900 m northwest of it	234,029	25
Willenhall	1 km northeast of it	49,582	13
Darlaston	1.2 km east of it	21,541	11
Coseley	1.3 km south of it	25,206	16
Tipton	1.8 km south of it	47,202	18
Wednesbury	2.6 km east of it	20,321	16
Sedgley	3.4 km southwest of it	31,976	23

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

A visit can add 4 museums, a castle and a cathedral, from 65 places within 15 km.

MuseumWolverhampton Art Gallery4.3 km away · 159K visitors a year 2

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery15 km away · 856K visitors a year 3

CastleDudley Castle6 km away 4

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral15 km away 5

Garden · National TrustWightwick Manor Gardens8.5 km away 6

Art galleryThe New Art Gallery6.1 km away 7

MuseumWillenhall Lock Museum1.9 km away 8

MuseumSoho House Museum13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Bliston Craft Gallery and Library: the answers

Where is Bliston Craft Gallery and Library?

Bliston Craft Gallery and Library is in Bilston, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bliston Craft Gallery and Library?

Museum and library in Bilston, Wolverhampton.

Who runs Bliston Craft Gallery and Library?

City of Wolverhampton Council.

When is the best time to visit Bliston Craft Gallery and Library?

May to September are the warmest months in Bilston, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Bliston Craft Gallery and Library?

Within 15 km: Wolverhampton Art Gallery (4.3 km), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (15 km), Dudley Castle (6 km) and St Chad's Cathedral (15 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Bliston Craft Gallery and Library: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wolverhampton Art Gallery: Æthelred, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dudley Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Wightwick Manor Gardens: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The New Art Gallery: Popsracer at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Willenhall Lock Museum: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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