About

Experience sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the Black Country as you explore shops, houses and industrial workshops rebuilt in our canalside village.

From the Industrial Revolution to post-war prosperity, discover the history of a small region that made a big impact on the people, culture and industry of the world as you say “ow am ya” to the people that made this place home, from metalworkers and miners to nurses and schoolteachers – and even a pub landlord or two.

What’s more, when you pay for just one day, we give you a ticket to return as many times as you would like for a whole year with our UnChained Annual Pass – at no extra charge!

- Meet historical characters bringing Black Country history to life

- Experience life as an 1850s miner in our underground mine experience

- Test your times tables in a 1912 school lesson

- Watch a vintage film in our 1920s cinema

- Enjoy the tastes of the past in our 1930s fish and chip shop, baker’s shop and traditional sweet shop

- Play old-fashioned street games

- Take a ride on one of our heritage vehicles

- See live industrial demonstrations, including chain and nail making

- Find out about weird and wonderful treatments in our chemist

- Quench your thirst in the Bottle & Glass Inn or Elephant & Castle Public House