The blue numbered markers on this map show recommended pubs in the Black Country. Click or tap a marker to see the pub name and a link to the entry on this website.
The Black Country has some of the most highly regarded traditional pubs in the country. Many are run by longstanding local breweries like Batham’s and Holden’s and by modern breweries with traditional leanings like Black Country Ales.
Where is the Black Country?
The boundaries are debated but it’s an area west of Birmingham roughly from Wolverhampton and Walsall in the north to Stourbridge and Halesowen in the south.
Public Transport
- Bus route 1 is the purple line on the map and links Wolverhampton to Dudley via Sedgley and Upper Gornal. It stops close to pubs 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 & 8.
- Bus route 8 is the dark grey line on the map and links Wolverhampton to Wollaston via Dudley and Stourbridge. It stops close to pubs 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14.
- Pub 5 is 15mins walk from Walsall Station.
- Pub 6 is 20mins walk from the Wednesbury Great Western WM Metro tram stop.
The pubs on the map are:
- Great Western, Wolverhampton
- Posada, Wolverhampton
- Combermere, Wolverhampton
- Beacon, Sedgley
- Pretty Bricks, Walsall
- Olde Leathern Bottel, Wednesbury
- Britannia, Upper Gornal
- Lamp Tavern, Dudley
- Old Swan, Netherton (Ma Pardoe’s)
- Vine, Brierley Hill (Bull & Bladder)
- Duke William, Stourbridge
- Royal Exchange, Stourbridge
- Queens Head, Stourbridge
- Seven Stars, Oldwinsford