Smethwick
Smethwick is a Town in the county of West Midlands.
Smethwick postcode: B66 4
There are great places to visit near Smethwick including some great towns, shopping centres, cities, canals, country parks, woodlands, lakes, nature reserves and airports.
The area around Smethwick boasts some of the best towns including Dudley, Sutton Coldfield, and West Bromwich.
The area around Smethwick features a number of interesting shopping centres including Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central.
The area around Smethwick features a number of interesting cities including Birmingham, and Coventry.
Smethwick is near some unmissable canals like Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal,
The area around Smethwick boasts some of the best country parks including Lickey Hills Country Park, Woodgate Valley Country Park, Sutton Park, Kingsbury Water Park, Sandwell Valley Country Park, and Coombe Country Park.
Woodlands to visit near Smethwick include Lickey Hills Country Park.
There are a several good lakes in the area around Smethwick like Kingsbury Water Park.
The area close to Smethwick boasts some of the best nature reserves including RSPB Sandwell Valley.
Airports to visit near Smethwick include Birmingham Airport.
Smethwick History
There are some historic monuments around Smethwick:
Places to see near Smethwick
History of Smethwick
One notable company was The London Works, manufacturing base of the Fox Henderson Company which made the steel framework for the Crystal Palace. This was founded by Charles Fox, whose inventions included the first patented railway points. His notable employees included William Siemens, the notable mechanical and electrical engineer. The company was bankrupted in 1855 by the failure of an overseas railway to pay for work done. The site was later used by the GKN company. In 2015 the site was being cleared to build the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital which aims to combine the Sandwell General Hospital at West Bromwich and City Hospital, Dudley Road. Work at the site has come to a standstill because of the crisis in the building industry.
