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Great Barr

Great Barr is a large and loosely defined area to the north-west of , in the county of the , England. The area was historically in , and the parts now in Birmingham were once known as , which is still the name of an adjacent Birmingham district.
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Wikipedia
Photo: ChrisTheDude, Public domain.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: area in the West Midlands county, England
  • Also known as: “Barr Magna”, “Great Bar”, and “Gt. Barr”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Avenue Lodge and Great Barr Hall.

Building
Photo: Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a building.

Manor estate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an 18th-century mansion situated in the Great Barr district of , historically in and now part of , , .

Nature reserve
Photo: shakestd, CC BY 3.0.
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Queslett and Pheasey.

Suburb
is an area of Great Barr, on the border of , and , England. The name has been in use since the 16th century. The first part, from "Queest", means a wood pigeon, the second comes from the Anglo-Saxon "slade", for a small valley.

Suburb
Photo: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a residential area of Walsall Metropolitan Borough in the of England, often considered to be part of Great Barr. The area was predominantly developed for housing, as the Estate, in the 1930s, but work was not completed until after the Second World War. , a hill, is a local landmark.

Suburb
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Estate is a residential area of and located at the border with both and the Walsall Borough in the West Midlands County, England.

Great Barr

Latitude
52.55936° or 52° 33′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.93014° or 1° 55′ 49″ west
Elevation
482 feet (147 metres)
Open location code
9C4WH359+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33114892
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2648167
Wiki­data ID
Q5598698
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Satellite Map

Discover Great Barr from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“Great Barr” goes by many names.
  • French: “Great Barr”
  • Irish: “Great Barr”
  • Japanese: “グレート・バー”
  • Swedish: “Great Barr”
  • Ukrainian: “Грейт-Барр”
  • Urdu: “گریٹ بار”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Margaret’s Church and Black Country Millennium Forest.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great Barr”. Photo: ChrisTheDude, Public domain.