Overseas & Boarders
The Local Area

Tettenhall

All around Tettenhall there are some great venues and places to visit.

These include:

• Theme parks, such as the world famous Alton Towers and Drayton Manor
• City parks, National Trust houses and gardens to enjoy,
• Theatre and modern cinema entertainment,
• Major shopping centres in Wolverhampton, Telford and nearby Birmingham, plus
• Arts, Culture and Sporting events throughout the year.

Tettenhall College boarders are encouraged to explore the local area and throughout the academic year, many visits are organised to local attractions with fellow students and college staff.

Here are just some of places of interest close to the college, and within easy reach of Tettenhall Village.

Find out more about Tettenhall at www.tettenhall.co.uk

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a place of great character with more than a thousand years of recorded history.

The city has a combination of national chain stores, specialist shops and large department stores in and around the Mander and Wulfrun Centres and a strong cultural tradition which includes the likes of Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Bantock House, The Grand Theatre, Light House media centre and, slightly further afield near Dudley, the Black Country Living Museum.

Sport - especially football - plays a big part in city life, thanks to the existence of a thriving football team in Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and there are also many sporting facilities and stadiums as well as bowling alleys, horse racing, greyhound and speedway tracks.

At the heart of the UK Midlands, the city is well serviced by Air (Birmingham Airport and Wolverhampton Business Airport at Bobbington), Rail (less than two hours from London), Buses and even modern and efficient Tram services to and from Birmingham.

Wolverhampton also has a growing innovative and friendly University with five campuses throughout the West Midlands.

Find out more about Wolverhampton at www.wolverhampton.gov.uk

Shropshire

Nearby Shropshire lies on the border of England and Wales, set on a backcloth of patchwork fields, wooded valleys, picturesque rivers and rolling hills leading right into the Welsh mountains. Paradise for walkers and country lovers.

Key attractions include the Severn Valley Railway, the RAF Museum, at Cosford and the award winning Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. You can visit the remains of Roman Cities, Medieval Castles or Ancient Churches.

Shrewsbury, birthplace of Charles Darwin, is the county town. And just down the road is Ludlow with its spectacular castle, Much Wenlock, where Dr. William Penny Brookes inspired the Modern Olympic Games, and medieval and picturesque Bridgnorth, perched dramatically on a cliff overlooking the River Severn.

Find out more about Shropshire at www.shropshireonline.gov.uk

Staffordshire

Head in a northerly direction out of Tettenhall and you will find the stately splendour, market towns and dramatic countryside of Staffordshire.

In this county, there is family fun to literally leave you gasping, with some the most thrilling theme park rides anywhere in the world at Alton Towers.

Staffordshire is also home to some of England's best scenery, notably the Staffordshire Moorlands and famous Peak District. While nearby Cannock Chase is designated as an "Area of Outstanding natural beauty" with miles of woodland and heath where Britain's largest herd of fallow deer roam free.

All of which goes to show that the environment around Tettenhall Village can be a genuinely exciting place.

Find out more about Staffordshire at www.staffordshire.gov.uk