Abbey or priory · Dudley · West Midlands

Priory Ruins

Priory Ruins is a grade I listed priory in Dudley, West Midlands. Within 15 km there are 84 more places to visit, starting with Dudley Castle (400 m). Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Photo: Priory Ruins, Erebus555 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Dudley

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 44%

#3,733 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Dudley

Inside Dudley

Priory Ruins is inside Dudley’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Dudley has 95 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

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

When to go

Choosing a month

The warmest stretch in Dudley is June to September, at 18–22°C in the afternoon.

Jan7° / 2°61 mm

Feb8° / 2°50 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr13° / 4°58 mm

May17° / 7°63 mm

Jun20° / 10°73 mm

Jul22° / 12°69 mm

Aug21° / 12°69 mm

Sep18° / 10°65 mm

Oct14° / 7°81 mm

Nov10° / 4°76 mm

Dec7° / 2°75 mm

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

About

Priory Ruins

Grade I listed priory in Dudley, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

In Dudley, inside the town’s built-up area.

Dudley’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Dudley

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

The map

Where Priory Ruins is

Orange is Priory Ruins; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Where people come from

Wolverhampton is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (234,029 people). Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Dudley

64,277 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 1 km north of it

Coseley

25,206 people · 16 places to visit

3 · 1 km northeast of it

Tipton

47,202 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 1.5 km southeast of it

Rowley Regis

39,052 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Priory Ruins is	People	Places to visit
Dudley	It’s in town	64,277	23
Coseley	1 km north of it	25,206	16
Tipton	1 km northeast of it	47,202	18
Rowley Regis	1.5 km southeast of it	39,052	20
Sedgley	1.6 km northwest of it	31,976	23
Brierley Hill	2.7 km southwest of it	32,311	21
Kingswinford	2.8 km southwest of it	51,900	19
Wolverhampton	3.5 km north of it	234,029	25

Make a day of it

Also near Priory Ruins

There are 84 within 15 km, 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle among them.

CastleDudley Castle400 m away 2

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery13 km away · 856K visitors a year 3

MuseumWolverhampton Art Gallery8.4 km away · 159K visitors a year 4

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral13 km away 5

MuseumBlack Country Living Museum800 m away 6

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral13 km away 7

MuseumSoho House Museum11 km away 8

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts13 km away

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

Questions about Priory Ruins

Where is Priory Ruins?

Priory Ruins is in Dudley, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Priory Ruins?

Grade I listed priory in Dudley, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Priory Ruins?

June to September are the warmest months in Dudley, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Priory Ruins a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Priory Ruins?

Within 15 km: Dudley Castle (400 m), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (13 km), Wolverhampton Art Gallery (8.4 km) and St Philip's Cathedral (13 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)

Priory Ruins: Erebus555, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dudley Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wolverhampton Art Gallery: Æthelred, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Black Country Living Museum: Jack1956, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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