| meeting facilities and event space are available. there's a relaxed bar with a glass-enclosed seating area, and a brasserie restaurant. the traditional rooms are simply furnished and offer free wi-fi, flat-screen tvs, and tea and coffeemaking equipment. this straightforward victorian redbrick hotel is a 13-minute walk from dudley zoological gardens and 10 minutes on foot from the black country living museum. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am
Manchester Airport 1 hr 30
Thinktank Science Museum (26 min)
Close encounters with technology past, present and future in family-friendly interactive displays. Aston Hall (25 min)
Jacobean-style mansion with tours of its period rooms, scenic gardens & occasional special events. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens (23 min)
16-acre site with exotic flora in elegant Victorian glasshouses, Bonsai garden and bird collection. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (27 min)
Victorian building with domed Round Room showing Pre-Raphaelites, Staffordshire hoard and artefacts. Dudley Zoo and Castle. (3 min)
Walkthrough zoo in grounds with exotic mammals and reptiles, plus a farmyard area and face painting. Library of Birmingham (23 min)
Europe's largest public library is a modern, 31,000-sq-m. building with a cafe & a gift shop. Cannon Hill Park (31 min)
Tennis courts, bowling green, boats on the lake and walking trails in 120 acres of woodland. Sandwell Valley Country Park (18 min)
Outdoor action in 660 acres of woods, farmland, lakes and streams with hiking and biking trails. National Trust - Birmingham Back to Backs (27 min)
Guided tours of 4 fully restored historic houses that show how life changed between 1840 and 1977. National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham (26 min)
Family-friendly exhibits with a variety of sea creatures (most offer play areas & group packages). Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (28 min)
Small zoo with focus on endangered species, conservation and captive breeding. Dudley Castle (5 min)
Castle, zoo, and ruins Cadbury World (29 min)
Self-guided tours through colorful interactive displays about chocolate-making & Cadbury history. Black Country Living Museum (6 min)
Exploration of life in an 1850s iron-working town, with a coal seam, forge, steam engine and shops. Winterbourne House & Garden (26 min)
Antiques and botanical gardens with 6,000 plants in Edwardian industrialist's grand country house. | 
