River Cole
The River Cole is a 25-mile-long river in the English Midlands. It rises on the lower slopes of Forhill, one of the south-western ramparts of the Birmingham Plateau, at Red Hill and flows south before flowing largely north-east across the plateau to enter the River Blythe below Coleshill, near Ladywalk, shortly before the Blythe meets the Tame.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in West Midlands, England
- Also known as: “River Cole, West Midlands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pype Hayes Park and Fort Dunlop.
Pype Hayes Park
Park
Pype Hayes Park is a park in Birmingham, England. The park is part of the Westminster constituency of Birmingham Erdington and straddles the boundary between the Birmingham City Council wards of Pype Hayes and Erdington.
Fort Dunlop
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Dunlop, is the common name of the original tyre factory and main office of Dunlop Rubber in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England. It was established in 1917, and by 1954 the entire factory area employed 10,000 workers.
St Barnabas’ Church, Erdington
Church
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
St. Barnabas' Church is a Church of England parish church in Erdington in the north of Birmingham, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birches Green and Tyburn.
Birches Green
Hamlet
Birches Green is a small area of Tyburn in Birmingham, England, within the parliamentary constitiuency of Erdington. It is located between Gravelly Hill, Erdington and the M6 motorway.
Tyburn
Village
Photo: Roy Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tyburn is a ward in Birmingham, in the county of West Midlands, England formerly known as Kingsbury. It is part of the Erdington formal district and comprises Castle Vale, Fort Parkway in Castle Bromwich, the Pype Hayes area of Erdington, Birches Green and Tyburn Road.
Erdington
Suburb
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Erdington is a suburb and ward of Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is located 5 miles northeast of central Birmingham, bordering Sutton Coldfield.
River Cole
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Cole” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bromford and Pype Hayes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bromwich Castle and Erdington railway station.
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