Kettles Wood

Kettles Wood is a forest in Frankley, Bromsgrove District, England. Kettles Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Frankley, as well as near Illey.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bartley Reservoir and Frankley Reservoir.

Bartley Reservoir

Reservoir

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Bartley Reservoir is a reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water. It covers 460,000 square metres. The reservoir is about 1.05 kilometres long, over 450 metres wide, and about 18 metres deep at the dam when full.

Frankley Reservoir

Reservoir

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Frankley Reservoir is a semi-circular reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water. Its construction was authorised by the Birmingham Corporation Water Act 1892 It was built by Birmingham Corporation Water Department to designs by Abram Kellett of Ealing in 1904.

St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Bartley Green

Church

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St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Bartley Green is a parish church in the Church of England located in Bartley Green, Birmingham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halesowen and Bartley Green.

Halesowen

Town

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Halesowen is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire, the town is around 7 miles from Birmingham city centre, and 6 miles from Dudley town centre.

Bartley Green

Village

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Bartley Green is a residential suburban area and electoral ward in Birmingham, England, 5 miles south west of the city centre. The ward is part of the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency and is represented in parliament by Labour Co-operative MP Preet Kaur Gill.