Barr Beacon 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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Barr Hall and Barr Beacon.

Great Barr Hall

Manor estate

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Great 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.

Barr Beacon

Peak

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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.

St Martin’s Church, Walsall

Church

Photo: Derek Bennett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Martin's Church is situated in the West Midlands town of Walsall on the corner of Sutton Road and Daffodil Road. St Martin's is an Anglican parish, in the Deanery of Walsall and Diocese of Lichfield.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldridge and Kingstanding.

Aldridge

Town

Photo: Adrian Rothery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aldridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It was historically a village, which was part of Staffordshire until 1974.

Kingstanding

Suburb

Photo: Pigsonthewing, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kingstanding is an area in north Birmingham, England. It gives its name to a ward in the Erdington council constituency. Kingstanding ward includes the areas; Perry Common, Witton Lakes.

Sutton Coldfield

Town

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Sutton Coldfield is a town and civil parish in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 7.5 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 11.5 miles south of Lichfield, 10.1 miles southwest of Tamworth, and 9.2 miles east of Walsall.

Barr Beacon Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Walsall, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.5748° or 52° 34′ 29″ north

Longitude

-1.911° or 1° 54′ 40″ west

Operator

South Staffordshire Water

Open location code

9C4WH3FQ+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 44061571

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=reservoir_covered

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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