LINKS A-Z

Arts & Crafts

• Jubilee Arts
• Wolverhampton Arts Marketing

Black Country Consortium

• www.blackcountryconsortium.co.uk
• www.bci-uk.com
• www.blackcountryobservatory.co.uk
• Black Country as an Urban Park

Bostin

• www.bostin.co.uk – dedicated to all things bostin with some bostin clothes to buy too

Bostin Bunch

• www.bostinbunch.co.uk – Black Country children’s club for 5-16 year olds

Conferences

• Black Country Conferences

Dudley

• The Ancient Manor of Sedgley - This site has been designed to give Genealogists and local Historians an insight into the Staffordshire village of Sedgley, it’s parish and the surrounding hamlets and to the life and times of the people who lived there.
• Dudley College - Provider of further and higher education. Business consultancy, international business and tourism links in 28 countries.

Food

• Tandoori Restaurants - This directory will help you find the best Asian restaurants in the are you are looking for.

Leisure Links

• Teddesley Boat Company - route planner for narrow-boating ventures in and around the Black Country
• The Monarchs Way - Long distance footpath running through the Black Country.
• Walsall Illuminations

Local Authorities

• Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
• Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
• Wolverhampton City Council

Local History

• Sandwell
• Walsall

Presentations

• Frontier Presentations: The complete Audio / Visual and equipment hire service at the forefront of conference production covering all manner of events nationwide ranging from very simple to specialist A/V presentations. Tel: 01902 837777 or email

Proud Heritage

• The History of ‘The Oldest Foundry in the World’, Sidney Smith Castings, Wollaston, Stourbridge
• The Industry & Railways of the South West Black Country

Sandwell

• Tipton and Wednesbury

Wolverhampton

• Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society
• Public records office

Real Ale

• Excellent guide to pubs in the Black Country
• CAMRA - Official Campaign for Real Ale Site

Tourism

• Black Country Chamber & Business Link
• The official guide to travelling in Great Britain
• English Tourism Council
• TIPS (Tourism Industry Professionals web site) -
• STAR UK - The Black Country
• Wolverhampton Council - Numerous addresses and web pages from the Black Country Area
• 250th Anniversary of Bishop Francis Asbury
• Birmingham Marketing Partnesrhip
• Staffordshire Tourism
• Shropshire Tourism
• Worcestershire Tourism
• Warwickshire
• Government Office for the West Midlands

Travel

Air

• Birmingham International Airport

Train

• Centro: Local bus and rail operator
• Chiltern Railways
• Central Trains
• Virgin Trains
• The Trainline: Rail timetables and online booking

Cycling

• National Cycle Network
• Cycle links in Dudley
• Cycling links in Sandwell

Bus/Coach

• Travel WM
• National Express

Other Travel Links

• Metro
• The Highways agency
• RAC
• The AA

Weather

• Weather for the Black Country