West Midlands (county) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
metropolitan county in England
About West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands county, covering902km(348sqmi), is primarily urban. Nonetheless, there is countryside, the 'Meriden Gap', between Coventry and the rest, and Sutton Park, the largest urban park in Europe. The West Midlands county should not be confused with the wider West Midlands region, at whose heart it sits. The county borders and is surrounded by the three counties from which it was created in 1974 (clockwise from the West):Staffordshire,WarwickshireandWorcestershire. Since that creation, its boundary changes have been minor. The whole of the West Midlands have a lengthy industrial history.Birminghamwas known as the "city of 1000 trades" and considered to be the first industrialised town in the world, and the conurbation of today is made up of many smaller towns and villages which co
West Midlands (county) Travel Guide Sections
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