Self catering holidays in Aldridge - West Midlands

Aldridge is a small yet beautiful town situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England. The town was earlier a part of Staffordshire, a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. In 1974, the town was included in the Walsall borough as well as the West Midlands County.

Historically, Aldridge was an industrial town famous for its coal mines and lime kilns. After the Second World War it was turned into a dormitory town or suburb of Birmingham, to accommodate the growing population. Even now, you would be able to see the industrial remains in the old industrial buildings found in and around the Walsall area.

The most visited tourist attraction of the town is Aldridge Botanical Gardens, a beautiful 30-acre woodland garden. Located on the corner of Lorna Road and Rocky Ridge Ranch Road in Hoover, the garden showcases numerous varieties of hydrangeas, camellias and other native Alabama plants. Aldridge also houses various attractive spots for shopping such as the high street and Anchor Road, which is also well known by the name