BLACK COUNTRY MUSEUM

BLACK COUNTRY MUSEUM

Saturday 22nd May

Electric trams and trolleybuses transport visitors from the entrance to the village where thirty domestic and industrial buildings have been relocated close to the canal basin.  The museum is one of three in the UK with working trolleybuses.  The route to the village passes the Cast Iron Houses and a 1930s fairground.  On the low ground at the northern end of the site, houses, shops, workshops and public buildings have been dismantled and rebuilt brick by brick to create an early 20th-century village. Activities in the buildings are demonstrated by staff in period costume, and the village preserves a cross section of social and industrial history. A narrowboat operated by Dudley Canal Trust makes trips on the Dudley Canal and into the Dudley Tunnel.(Extra Cost) The museum is close to the site where Dud Dudley first experimented with the technique of smelting iron with coal instead of wood charcoal and making iron in modest quantities for industrial use.  Abraham Darby later refined the process using coke to produce a better-quality product in greater quantities.  Dudley has a claim to be "the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution",

Adults: £58.75          

Senior Citizens: £57.50      

Child: £50.25   age 16 Includes admission

Cropwell Bishop - Fern Road Bus stop

Cotgrave - The Manvers Arms Pub

Radcliffe on Trent - The Grange

Bingham - The Co-op Market Square Bus Stop

West Bridgford - The Library

Nottingham - Mount Street Bus Stop

If a trip is heading South, we additional pickup at Clifton - Mcdonalds Bus Stop