Barr Beacon, Brownhills

Name: Barr Beacon
Address: Beacon Road, Brownhills, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1922 459813

#1 among attractions in Brownhills

Top attraction, Park, Relax in park, Scenic walking areas

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Facts and practical information

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. It is historically the site of a beacon where fires were lit in times of impending attack or on celebratory occasions. The site is on green belt land and is of local importance for nature conservation, as defined by Walsall Borough Council, who have designated some 60 acres of it as a Local Nature Reserve. ()

Elevation: 774 ftCoordinates: 52°34'21"N, 1°54'41"W

Address

Beacon RoadWalsall (Pheasey Park Farm)Brownhills United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1922 459813

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Day trips

Barr Beacon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alexander Stadium, Odeon, St Mary's Church, Little Aston Golf Club.

2.9 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Alexander Stadium, Birmingham
74 min walk • Alexander Stadium, a premier sports venue located in the heart of Birmingham, United Kingdom, is a hub for athletics and an emblem of community spirit and sporting excellence. Originally built in 1976, the stadium has undergone several renovations to expand...
1.8 miSE
Nightlife, Cinema
Odeon, Birmingham
47 min walk • The Odeon at Kingstanding, Birmingham, was a 1930s cinema in the Odeon chain. Though closed as a cinema in 1962, the building survives as a bingo hall, and is Grade II listed.
2.2 miN
Church
St Mary's Church, Walsall
56 min walk • St. Mary's Church is the parish church of Aldridge, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England. It is operated by the Church of England. Records show that it was built before 1257. Other than the 14th-century tower, all the exterior walls were added or rebuilt between the years 1841–1853. A south vestry was added in 1975.
2.3 miNE
Golf
Little Aston Golf Club, Birmingham
58 min walk • Little Aston Golf Club is an 18 hole members golf club located within the Little Aston Park Private Estate in Sutton Coldfield, England which has hosted a variety of leading professional and amateur tournaments including the Schweppes PGA Close Championship and the Brabazon Trophy.
1.6 miSE
Memorial
King's Standing Bowl Barrow, Birmingham
40 min walk • King's Standing Bowl Barrow or Kingstanding Mound, is a scheduled monument in the Kingstanding area of Birmingham. It comprises the buried and earthwork remains of a bowl barrow from the late Neolithic to the late Bronze Age, lying alongside the Icknield Street Roman road to the South of Sutton Park.
2.2 miN
52°36'15"N • 1°54'59"W
Aldridge Shopping Centre, Walsall
57 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.2 miSW
Park
Red House Park, Birmingham
56 min walk • Red House Park is a public park in Great Barr, Sandwell, England. It is named after the country house in whose grounds it was established. The park features two lakes, and an obelisk in memory of Princess Charlotte.
1.4 miS
Memorial
Lunar Society Moonstones, Birmingham
36 min walk • The Moonstones are a set of nine carved sandstone memorials to various members of the Lunar Society. Made in 1998, and unveiled in March 1999, they can be viewed in the grounds of the Asda supermarket in Queslett, Great Barr, Birmingham, England.
1.1 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Margaret's Church, Birmingham
29 min walk • The Church Of St Margaret, is the Anglican parish church of Great Barr and is located on Chapel Lane, Walsall, England. It is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch.
2.5 miSW
Canal
Tame Valley Canal, Birmingham
65 min walk • The Tame Valley Canal is a relatively late canal in the West Midlands of England. It forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. It takes its name from the roughly-parallel River Tame.
2.3 miN
Town, Area
Aldridge, Walsall
58 min walk • Aldridge is a town and former civil parish in the Walsall borough, West Midlands, England. It is historically a village that was part of Staffordshire until 1974. It is 3 miles from Brownhills, 5 miles north east of Walsall, 6 miles from Sutton Coldfield and 7 miles from Lichfield.