Barr Beacon

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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barr Beacon Reservoir and Great Barr Hall.

Barr Beacon Reservoir

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.

Great Barr Hall

Manor estate

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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. Great Barr Hall is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Barr Beacon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pheasey and Queslett.

Pheasey

Suburb

Photo: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pheasey is a residential area of Walsall Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England, often considered to be part of Great Barr. The area was predominantly developed for housing, as the Pheasey Estate, in the 1930s, but work was not completed until after the Second World War. Barr Beacon, a hill, is a local landmark.

Queslett

Suburb

Queslett is an area in the east Great Barr, on the border of Birmingham, and Aldridge, England. It sits between Pheasey, Kingstanding, Old Oscott and the central Great Barr area.

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. Kingstanding is situated 1½ miles southeast of Barr Beacon.

Barr Beacon

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Walsall, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.57146° or 52° 34′ 17″ north

Longitude

-1.91026° or 1° 54′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C4WH3CQ+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47517713

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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