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Smethwick Heritage Centre

Smethwick Heritage Centre is a museum in Smethwick. Its operator is Smethwick Heritage Trust. Nearby, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (4.5 km) heads a list of 82 within 15 km.

Where

In Smethwick

inside the built-up area

Run by

Smethwick Heritage Trust

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in Smethwick

Inside Smethwick

Smethwick Heritage Centre is inside Smethwick’s built-up area, with 26 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

The weather, month by month

Afternoons in Smethwick peak at 18–22°C, June to September.

Jan7° / 2°67 mm

Feb8° / 2°54 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr13° / 5°56 mm

May17° / 8°60 mm

Jun20° / 11°71 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°63 mm

Oct14° / 7°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°76 mm

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

About

Smethwick Heritage Centre

Museum in Smethwick, England, UK.

It is run by Smethwick Heritage Trust.

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

Type: Museum
Run by: Smethwick Heritage Trust
Town: in Smethwick
Official site: smethwick.org.uk

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

The map

Where to find Smethwick Heritage Centre

Smethwick Heritage Centre sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around Smethwick Heritage Centre, by distance

Home to 1,121,367 people, Birmingham is the largest of these 7. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

2 · 900 m east of it

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km west of it

Oldbury

45,188 people · 30 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km north of it

West Bromwich

103,099 people · 38 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Smethwick Heritage Centre is	People	Places to visit
Smethwick	It’s in town	56,343	42
Birmingham	900 m east of it	1,121,367	61
Oldbury	1.6 km west of it	45,188	30
West Bromwich	1.8 km north of it	103,099	38
Blackheath	3.8 km west of it	6,950	14
Rowley Regis	3.9 km west of it	39,052	20
Halesowen	3.9 km southwest of it	60,103	16

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Smethwick Heritage Centre

There are 82 within 15 km, 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle among them.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery4.5 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral4.7 km away 3

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral4.7 km away 4

MuseumSoho House Museum3.2 km away 5

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts5.2 km away 6

MuseumAston Hall5.9 km away 7

CastleDudley Castle8.1 km away 8

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum5.5 km away

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

What people ask about Smethwick Heritage Centre

Where is Smethwick Heritage Centre?

Smethwick Heritage Centre is in Smethwick, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Smethwick Heritage Centre?

Museum in Smethwick, England, UK.

Who runs Smethwick Heritage Centre?

Smethwick Heritage Trust.

When is the best time to visit Smethwick Heritage Centre?

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

What else is there to see near Smethwick Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (4.5 km), St Philip's Cathedral (4.7 km), St Chad's Cathedral (4.7 km) and Soho House Museum (3.2 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 (8)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: 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
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dudley Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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