Gun Emplacement

Gun Emplacement is an archaeological site in Birmingham, England. Gun Emplacement is situated nearby to St John Wall Catholic School, as well as near the church Cemetery Chapel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Hawthorns and St John Wall Catholic School.

The Hawthorns

Stadium

Photo: Mattd1991, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, in the Black Country borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 27,087. The Hawthorns is situated 1 mile southwest of Gun Emplacement.

St John Wall Catholic School

School

St John Wall Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school located in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. It is a voluntary aided school administered by Birmingham City Council and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham. St John Wall Catholic School is situated 1,200 feet south of Gun Emplacement.

Sandwell Priory

Archaeological site

Photo: Sjwells53, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sandwell Priory was a small medieval Benedictine monastery, near West Bromwich, then part of Staffordshire, England. It was founded in the late 12th century by a local landowner and was only modestly endowed. Sandwell Priory is situated 2,900 feet west of Gun Emplacement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Handsworth Wood and Hamstead.

Handsworth Wood

Neighborhood

Photo: Skarim Uk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Handsworth Wood is a suburb and electoral ward of Birmingham in the West Midlands county, England. Handsworth Wood is regarded as one of the premier residential areas in Birmingham, due to the significant number of imposing Victorian detached and semi-detached houses.

Hamstead

Suburb

Photo: William Ellis (engraver), Public domain.

Hamstead is an area straddling the border of Birmingham and Sandwell, England, between Handsworth Wood and Great Barr, and adjacent to the Sandwell Valley area of West Bromwich.

Newton

Hamlet

Newton is a ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. On the eastern bank of the River Tame, it is currently represented by 3 Labour Party councillors, who sit on the Metropolitan Borough Council. Newton is situated 1½ miles north of Gun Emplacement.

Gun Emplacement

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.51939° or 52° 31′ 10″ north

Longitude

-1.95169° or 1° 57′ 6″ west

Inception

1941

Open location code

9C4WG29X+Q8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1089765441

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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