Barr Beacon
Barr Beacon is a park in Walsall, England. Barr Beacon is situated nearby to Black Country Millennium Forest, as well as near the suburb Pheasey.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barr Beacon and Barr Beacon Reservoir.
Barr Beacon
Peak
Photo: Mnnngchris, Public domain.
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.
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
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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. 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 of Great Barr, on the border of Birmingham, and Aldridge, England. The name has been in use since the 16th century. The first part, from "Queest", means a wood pigeon, the second comes from the Anglo-Saxon "slade", for a small valley.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.57146° or 52° 34′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.91026° or 1° 54′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C4WH3CQ+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 47517713OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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