Queslett Nature Reserve

Queslett Nature Reserve is a forest in Birmingham, England. Queslett Nature Reserve is situated near the suburb Pheasey, as well as near Perry Beeches.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Great Barr Hall and Hamstead railway station.

Great Barr Hall

Manor estate

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Great Barr Hall, originally 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.

Hamstead railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hamstead railway station serves the Hamstead, Great Barr and Handsworth Wood areas of Birmingham, England. It is located at the junction of Rocky Lane and Old Walsall Road, Hamstead, at Birmingham's border with the borough of Sandwell.

Maryvale Institute

University

Photo: BoldmereBoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Maryvale Institute is a college of further and higher education, an International Catholic Distance-Learning College for Catechesis, Theology, Philosophy and Religious Education, was formerly based at Maryvale House, Old Oscott, Great Barr, Birmingham, England, but has been delivering its programmes from St Mary's College Oscott since Autumn 2025.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walsall and West Bromwich.

Walsall

Photo: Pigsonthewing, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Walsall is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, part of the Black Country in the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located 9 miles north-west of Birmingham, 7 miles east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles south-west of Lichfield.

West Bromwich

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

West Bromwich, commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is around 5 miles west of Birmingham, what stands between them is the Sandwell Valley.

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.

Queslett Nature Reserve

Type: Forest
Description: nature reserve in a former sand quarry, in Birmingham, England, on the site of the former Booth’s Farm
Category: nature reserve
Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.55° or 52° 33′ north

Longitude

-1.912° or 1° 54′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C4WH32Q+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 120247130

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

Wikidata ID

Q97446360

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Queslett and Pheasey.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Queslett Park and Great Barr Hall Lower Lake.

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