Kingshurst is a Village in the county of West Midlands.

Retail in Kingshurst

There are great places to visit near Kingshurst including some great towns, shopping centres, castles, cities, canals, country parks, woodlands, parks, historic buildings, villages, museums, gardens, nature reserves, lakes and airports.

Kingshurst has some unmissable towns nearby like Dudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Moseley, Handsworth, Harborne, and Sutton Coldfield.

Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central are great places to visit near Kingshurst if you like shopping centres.

Kingshurst's best nearby castles can be found at Dudley Castle, and Caluden Castle (ruin).

Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton are great places to visit near Kingshurst if you like cities.

Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal is a great place to visit close to Kingshurst if you like canals.

There are a number of country parks near Kingshurst including Lickey Hills Country Park, Woodgate Valley Country Park, Sutton Park, Kingsbury Water Park, Sandwell Valley Country Park, Coombe Country Park, and Coombe Abbey Country Park.

Woodlands to visit near Kingshurst include Lickey Hills Country Park, and Walsall Arboretum.

Don't miss Cannon Hill Park, Grove Park, Caludon Castle Park, Baddesley Clinton, Elmdon Park, and Walsall Arboretum's parks if visiting the area around Kingshurst.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Kingshurst area like Victoria Square - Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Selly Manor Museum, Baddesley Clinton, St Alphege Parish Church, and Packwood House.

There are a several good villages in the Kingshurst area like Bournville, and Lea Marston.

Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World are some of Kingshurst best museums to visit near Kingshurst.

Don't miss The Birmingham Botanical Gardens's gardens if visiting the area around Kingshurst.

Moseley Bog, RSPB Sandwell Valley, and Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve are great places to visit near Kingshurst if you like nature reserves.

Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes are great places to visit near Kingshurst if you like lakes.

Birmingham Airport is a great place to visit close to Kingshurst if you like airports.

Kingshurst History

There are some historic monuments around Kingshurst:

• Cross immediately south of St John's Church
• Maxstoke Priory and moated site
• Drakenage Farm moated site, a fishpond and associated closes
• Kingsbury Hall: a medieval enclosure castle and post-medieval house
• Moated site at Eastcote Hall
• Moated site at Peddimore Hall
• Hob's Moat, 60m north of Castle Lane
• Coleshill Bridge
• Kent's Moat
• Little Packington Bridge
• Motte and bailey castle with later moated site at Stonebridge Crescent
• Bromwich Castle
• Packhorse bridge
• Maxstoke Castle
• Burnt mound in Fox Hollies Park, 140m south east of Round Pool
• Moated site at Moat House
• Moated site 270m south east of Middleton Farm
• Churchyard cross, St Michael's churchyard
• Churchyard cross in St Swithin's churchyard
• Medieval deerpark and other archaeological remains in Sutton Park
• Churchyard cross in St Mary and St Bartholomew's churchyard