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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Barr Beacon School.
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.
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.
The Streetly Academy
School
The Streetly Academy is a large co-educational secondary school in Streetly, West Midlands, England, on the border of Birmingham and Walsall local authorities.
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.
Park Hall
Neighborhood
Park Hall is an area near to the south-eastern edge of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It is considered that the area near to the local Park Hall Primary and Infant schools and the Gillity Village shops are classed as Park Hall.
Barr Beacon
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Walsall, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.57428° or 52° 34′ 27″ northLongitude
-1.91176° or 1° 54′ 42″ westElevation
745 feet (227 metres)Open location code
9C4WH3FQ+P7OpenStreetMap 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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