Manchester Airport 1 hr 29
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (19 min)
Victorian building with domed Round Room showing Pre-Raphaelites, Staffordshire hoard and artefacts. National Trust - Birmingham Back to Backs (19 min)
Guided tours of 4 fully restored historic houses that show how life changed between 1840 and 1977. Cadbury World (30 min)
Self-guided tours through colorful interactive displays about chocolate-making & Cadbury history. National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham (24 min)
Family-friendly exhibits with a variety of sea creatures (most offer play areas & group packages). Sutton Park (15 min)
2000 acres of parkland with bike/bridle paths and lakes, for walking, jogging, cycling and angling. SnowDome (21 min)
Indoor snow skiing & snowboarding centre with an ice rink, swimming pool & gym. Drayton Manor Theme Park (13 min)
Large adventure playground with 12 rides based on Thomas the Tank Engine, indoor play and parklands. The National Motorcycle Museum (15 min)
Large exhibition hall filled with hundreds of fully restored British motorcycles, plus a restaurant. Thomas Land (17 min)
Themed zone of Drayton Manor with numerous family-friendly Thomas the Tank Engine activities. Thinktank Science Museum (17 min)
Close encounters with technology past, present and future in family-friendly interactive displays. Kingsbury Water Park (10 min)
600-acre park with 15 boating and fishing lakes, plus bird-watching hides, walking and bike trails. Library of Birmingham (19 min)
Europe's largest public library is a modern, 31,000-sq-m. building with a cafe & a gift shop. Tamworth Castle (20 min)
Medieval, motte-and-bailey fortress with pleasure grounds, re-enactments and children's workshops. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens (24 min)
16-acre site with exotic flora in elegant Victorian glasshouses, Bonsai garden and bird collection. Aston Hall (17 min)
Jacobean-style mansion with tours of its period rooms, scenic gardens & occasional special events. | 
