Car Hire West Bromwich - Mini guide to West Bromwich

West Bromwich is positioned at the crossroads of the Nations motorway network. In addition to its fine industrial relics, West Bromwich has retained the odd glimpse of how life was lived in the Middle Ages.

West Bromwich Albion, the local Premier League football club is followed avidly by most people in this town. The 25,000 capacity stadium, The Hawthorns, has been refurbished in the last year with excellent facilities for families, the disabled and fans of all ages.

The many fine Victorian buildings bear testimony to West Bromwich's importance as an industrial centre. An historic West Bromwich landmark, the decorative Farley Fountain is situated in the Farley Centre, in West Bromwich High Street. The timber-framed Oak House, the Georgian terrace of Highfields, the medieval Manor House and the excavation of Sandwell Priory represent the centuries past.

People travel from all over Sandwell to shop in West Bromwich. In addition to the wide range of goods and services available in Kings and Queens Square shopping centres, there are also indoor and outdoor markets to browse. There’s entertainment to suit all tastes, whether it's clubbing, theatre, pop or classical concerts you’re after.

Just four miles away are the splendid ruins of Dudley Zoo and Castle, which has one of the most diverse collections of animals in the country. The National Sea Life Centre, four miles away, has a transparent underwater tunnel allowing visitors to be surrounded on all sides by sharks, rays and other marine marvels. Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses is close by and another great day trip. Baggeridge Country Park is today a beautiful area of countryside on the doorstep of the Black Country. Forge Mill Lake is perfect for bird watching, consisting of a lake and marshland with reedbeds, and grassland.

Just a mile or so from West Bromwich town centre you will find junctions joining the M6 and M5 motorways - so you can be on the road to anywhere in the UK within minutes. The local Sandwell and Dudley rail station is the main stop between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton stations on a direct route from London Euston to Manchester and Scotland.