Museum · Walsall · West Midlands

The Leather Museum

The Leather Museum is a municipal museum in Walsall. It is protected as a Grade II listed building. 72 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (13 km).

Photo: The Leather Museum, Brianboru100 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Walsall

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Walsall

Inside Walsall

The Leather Museum is inside Walsall’s built-up area, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Walsall has 88 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

The best months to visit

Aim for June to September, when Walsall reaches 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°65 mm

Feb8° / 2°50 mm

Mar11° / 3°50 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 8°58 mm

Jun20° / 11°64 mm

Jul22° / 13°58 mm

Aug22° / 13°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 8°76 mm

Nov10° / 4°71 mm

Dec8° / 2°72 mm

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

About

The Leather Museum

Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Walsall’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Walsall
Official site: go.walsall.gov.uk/leathermuseum

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

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Getting to The Leather Museum

The orange dot is The Leather Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near The Leather Museum

West Bromwich tops the 8 for size, at 103,099 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Walsall

70,777 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 900 m north of it

Bloxwich

51,891 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km northeast of it

Rushall and Shelfield

12,844 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km west of it

Willenhall

49,582 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Leather Museum is	People	Places to visit
Walsall	It’s in town	70,777	13
Bloxwich	900 m north of it	51,891	9
Rushall and Shelfield	1.5 km northeast of it	12,844	8
Willenhall	2.1 km west of it	49,582	13
Darlaston	2.5 km southwest of it	21,541	11
Wednesbury	2.7 km southwest of it	20,321	16
Aldridge	3 km northeast of it	15,827	9
West Bromwich	3 km south of it	103,099	38

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km you can add 3 cathedrals, 2 museums and an art gallery.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery13 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

Art galleryThe New Art Gallery400 m away 3

CathedralLichfield Cathedral15 km away 4

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral13 km away 5

MuseumWolverhampton Art Gallery9.7 km away · 159K visitors a year 6

CastleDudley Castle11 km away 7

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral13 km away 8GardenGardenWalsall Arboretum1.1 km away

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

Planning a visit to The Leather Museum

Where is The Leather Museum?

The Leather Museum is in Walsall, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Leather Museum?

Municipal museum in Walsall, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit The Leather Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Walsall, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is The Leather Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near The Leather Museum?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (13 km), The New Art Gallery (400 m), Lichfield Cathedral (15 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 (8)

The Leather Museum: Brianboru100, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The New Art Gallery: Popsracer at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lichfield Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Wolverhampton Art Gallery: Æthelred, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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

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