Frankley Reservoir

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.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bartley Reservoir and Northfield railway station.

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.

Northfield railway station

Railway station

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Northfield railway station serves the Northfield area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line, and is managed by West Midlands Trains, who also operate all of the rail services that serve it.

Longbridge railway station

Railway station

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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.

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.