Balaam’s Wood Local Nature Reserve

Balaam’s Wood Local Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Birmingham, England. Balaam’s Wood Local Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the village Frankley, as well as near Rubery.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Longbridge railway station and Frankley Reservoir.

Longbridge railway station

Railway station

Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0.

Longbridge railway station serves the Longbridge, Rednal, Rubery and West Heath areas in the far south-west of Birmingham, England. It is on the Cross City Line. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by West Midlands Trains.

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.

Lickey Hills Country Park

Park

Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lickey Hills Country Park is a country park in England. It is 10 miles south-west of Birmingham and 24 miles north-east of Worcester. The 524 acres park is situated just south of Rednal and close to Barnt Green.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bartley Green and Halesowen.

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.

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.