Garden · near Smethwick · West Midlands

Warley Woods

Warley Woods is a park in Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands. Its status is a Grade II listed park and garden. A short trip away is Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 5.4 km off, the first of 81 within 15 km.

Photo: Warley Woods, Brianboru100 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

200 m

southwest of Smethwick

Run by

Birmingham City Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Garden near Smethwick

Just outside Smethwick

Warley Woods is 200 m southwest of Smethwick. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed park and garden

On the official list of protected heritage; Smethwick has 33 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

Which month to go

The warmest afternoons in Smethwick run June to September, at 18–22°C.

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

Warley Woods

It is run by Birmingham City Council. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.

Smethwick’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Run by: Birmingham City Council
Listed: Grade II listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 200 m southwest of Smethwick
Official site: warleywoods.org.uk

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

The map

Map of Warley Woods and nearby

Orange: Warley Woods.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Birmingham (1,121,367 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · 200 m northeast of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

2 · 400 m northwest of it

Oldbury

45,188 people · 30 places to visit

3 · 600 m east of it

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

4 · 2.2 km west of it

Halesowen

60,103 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Warley Woods is	People	Places to visit
Smethwick	200 m northeast of it	56,343	42
Oldbury	400 m northwest of it	45,188	30
Birmingham	600 m east of it	1,121,367	61
Halesowen	2.2 km west of it	60,103	16
Blackheath	2.8 km west of it	6,950	14
Rowley Regis	3 km northwest of it	39,052	20
West Bromwich	3.5 km north of it	103,099	38
Cradley Heath	4.2 km west of it	18,819	19

Make a day of it

What else is near Warley Woods

Our list has 81 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 castles.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery5.4 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral5.7 km away 3

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral5.9 km away 4

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts4.5 km away 5

MuseumSoho House Museum5 km away 6

MuseumCadbury World5.9 km away 7

CastleDudley Castle8 km away 8

CastleWeoley Castle3.4 km away

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

Visiting Warley Woods

Where is Warley Woods?

Warley Woods is 200 m southwest of Smethwick, West Midlands.

What is Warley Woods?

Park in Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England.

Who runs Warley Woods?

Birmingham City Council.

When is the best time to visit Warley Woods?

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

Is Warley Woods a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near Warley Woods?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (5.4 km), St Philip's Cathedral (5.7 km), St Chad's Cathedral (5.9 km) and The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (4.5 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)

Warley Woods: Brianboru100, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cadbury World: Grutness at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dudley Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Weoley Castle: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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