Barr Beacon
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.Photo: Mnnngchris, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 745 feet
- Description: hill in England
- Also known as: “Barr Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barr Beacon Reservoir and Great Barr Hall.
Barr Beacon Reservoir
Reservoir
Barr Beacon Reservoir is a covered, hill-top drinking water reservoir at Barr Beacon, Walsall, England, opened in 1899. It is operated by South Staffs Water.
Great Barr Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Great Barr Hall is an 18th-century mansion situated in the Great Barr district of Pheasey, historically in Staffordshire and now part of Walsall, West Midlands, England.
Barr Beacon School
School
Barr Beacon School, formerly Barr Beacon Language College, is a mixed secondary school in Walsall, England, which acquired Academy status in 2011, when it readopted the school's original name: Barr Beacon School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pheasey and Queslett.
Pheasey
Suburb
Photo: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pheasey is a residential area of Walsall Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England, often considered to be part of Great Barr. The area was predominantly developed for housing, as the Pheasey Estate, in the 1930s, but work was not completed until after the Second World War. Barr Beacon, a hill, is a local landmark.
Queslett
Suburb
Queslett is an area of Great Barr, on the border of Birmingham, and Aldridge, 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.
Kingstanding
Suburb
Photo: Pigsonthewing, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingstanding is an area in north Birmingham, England. It gives its name to a ward in the Erdington council constituency. Kingstanding ward includes the areas; Perry Common, Witton Lakes.
Barr Beacon
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Walsall, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.57324° or 52° 34′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.91117° or 1° 54′ 40″ westElevation
745 feet (227 metres)Open location code
9C4WH3FQ+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 3295728366OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Barr Beacon” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Barr Beacon”
- Irish: “Barr Beacon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barr Beacon”
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