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Tipton works well as a base: 5 minutes from Wednesbury, 1km from Black Country Living Museum.
Tipton is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 47,000, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Tipton is an industrial Black Country town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It had a population of 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. It is located northwest of Birmingham and southeast of Wolverhampton. It is also contiguous with Darlaston, Dudley, Wednesbury andRead more
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Tipton gains its name from the Anglo-Saxon name 'Tibba' followed by 'tun', the Old English word for farm or settlement. The town of Tipton was recorded as Tibintone in the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning Tibba's estate. The present spelling of Tipton derives from the 16th century.
Historically within Staffordshire and briefly Worcestershire. It is located between Wolverhampton and Birmingham. It incorporates the surrounding villages and suburbs of Tipton Green, Ocker Hill, Dudley Port, Horseley Heath and Great Bridge.
Tipton was an urban district until 1938, when it became a municipal borough. Much of the Borough of Tipton was transferred into West Bromwich County Borough in 1966, but parts of the old borough were absorbed into an expanded Dudley borough and the newly created County Borough of Warley. Along with the rest of West Bromwich and Warley, Tipton was moved into the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in 1974.
The town was nicknamed the ‘Town of a hundred tips’, although its name is much older (see below). Tipton was an urban district until 1938, when it became a municipal borough. Much of the Borough of Tipton was transferred into West Bromwich County Borough in 1966, but parts of the old borough were absorbed into an expanded Dudley borough and the newly created County Borough of Warley. Along with the rest of West Bromwich and Warley, Tipton was moved into the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in 1974.
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Tipton is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 52.5296 latitude, -2.0677 longitude.
Tipton has a population of approximately 47,000 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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Open-air museum rebuilding an industrial Black Country town: canal boats, a working replica Newcomen engine, 1930s fish and chips fried in beef dripping, and a coal mine walk. A key Peaky Blinders filming location.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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The world's largest collection of British motorcycles with over 1,000 machines spanning a century of manufacturing near Solihull.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
30 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
The world's oldest motorsport venue still using its original course, running since 1905. A 1,000-yard blast up a wooded Worcestershire hillside, steeped in Edwardian racing heritage.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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Jaguar Land Rover's dedicated classic vehicle facility in Coventry where heritage models are restored and reimagined.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
40 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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