Lunar Society Moonstones, Birmingham

Name: Lunar Society Moonstones
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom

#214 among attractions in Birmingham

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The Moonstones are a set of nine carved sandstone memorials to various members of the Lunar Society. Made in 1998, and unveiled in March 1999, they can be viewed in the grounds of the Asda supermarket in Queslett, Great Barr, Birmingham, England. They are visible from the highway, when travelling from Aldridge Road into Queslett Road, toward the Scott Arms, and face outwards from the supermarket. ()

Coordinates: 52°33'9"N, 1°54'33"W

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Lunar Society Moonstones – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alexander Stadium, Barr Beacon, St John the Evangelist's Church, Perry Hall Park.

1.5 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Alexander Stadium, Birmingham
39 min walk • Alexander Stadium, a premier sports venue located in the heart of Birmingham, United Kingdom, is a hub for athletics and an emblem of community spirit and sporting excellence. Originally built in 1976, the stadium has undergone several renovations to expand...
1.4 miN
Park, Scenic walking areas
Barr Beacon, Brownhills
36 min walk • Barr Beacon is a hill on the edge of Walsall, West Midlands, England, very near the border with Birmingham. It gives its name to nearby Great Barr and to the local secondary school Barr Beacon School.
1.9 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St John the Evangelist's Church, Birmingham
48 min walk • St John the Evangelist's Church, Perry Barr is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham, England.
2 miS
Park, Football
Perry Hall Park, Birmingham
52 min walk • Perry Hall Park or Perry Hall Country Park, and previously Perry Hall Playing Fields, is a park in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England, at grid reference SP059918. It was in Staffordshire until 1928.
1 miE
Nightlife, Cinema
Odeon, Birmingham
26 min walk • The Odeon at Kingstanding, Birmingham, was a 1930s cinema in the Odeon chain. Though closed as a cinema in 1962, the building survives as a bingo hall, and is Grade II listed.
2.1 miSE
Cemetery
Witton Cemetery, Birmingham
55 min walk • Witton Cemetery, which opened in Witton in 1863 as Birmingham City Cemetery, is the largest cemetery in Birmingham, England. Covering an area of 103 acres, it once had three chapels; however, two of these were demolished in 1980.
1.6 miS
Park
Perry Park, Birmingham
41 min walk • Perry Park is a park in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England, at grid reference SP065925. The park houses Alexander Stadium and Perry Reservoir, a small canal feeder reservoir for the Tame Valley Canal, and is bounded by the canal, the M6 motorway, the A34 and local roads.
1.2 miE
Memorial
King's Standing Bowl Barrow, Birmingham
30 min walk • King's Standing Bowl Barrow or Kingstanding Mound, is a scheduled monument in the Kingstanding area of Birmingham. It comprises the buried and earthwork remains of a bowl barrow from the late Neolithic to the late Bronze Age, lying alongside the Icknield Street Roman road to the South of Sutton Park.
1.5 miW
Park
Red House Park, Birmingham
38 min walk • Red House Park is a public park in Great Barr, Sandwell, England. It is named after the country house in whose grounds it was established. The park features two lakes, and an obelisk in memory of Princess Charlotte.
2 miW
Museum, History museum
Bishop Asbury Cottage, Birmingham
52 min walk • Bishop Asbury Cottage is a 17th-century cottage on Newton Road, Great Barr, England, known for being the boyhood home of Francis Asbury, one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. It is now a museum in his memory.
1.9 miS
Bridge
Perry Bridge, Birmingham
50 min walk • Perry Bridge, also known as the Zig Zag Bridge, is a bridge over the River Tame in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England. Built in 1711, it is a Grade II listed building and a Scheduled monument. The bridge is constructed of red sandstone in a packhorse style.