Fens Pools, Dudley

Name: Fens Pools
Address: Dudley, United Kingdom

#25 among attractions in Dudley

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Facts and practical information

Fens Pools is a 37.6 hectare biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1989. under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is currently managed by the Country Trust. ()

Coordinates: 52°29'44"N, 2°7'20"W

Address

Dudley (Brockmoor and Pensnett)Dudley United Kingdom

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Day trips

Fens Pools – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: intu Merry Hill, Barrow Hill, Saltwells Local Nature Reserve, Parkhead Viaduct.

1.2 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
intu Merry Hill, Dudley
30 min walk • The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is a shopping mall in Brierley Hill near Dudley, England. It was developed between 1985 and 1990, with several subsequent expansion and renovation projects.
0.6 miN
Park
Barrow Hill, Dudley
17 min walk • Barrow Hill Local Nature Reserve is a local nature reserve situated in Pensnett in the county of West Midlands, England. Its most distinctive feature, Barrow Hill, is the eroded remnant of a high level igneous intrusion that was formed 315 million years ago during the Carboniferous period.
1.3 miSE
Park, Nature and wildlife
Saltwells Local Nature Reserve, Dudley
34 min walk • Saltwells Local Nature Reserve is situated in the Netherton area of Dudley Metropolitan Borough in West Midlands, England. The reserve, created in 1981, covers 247 acres and includes Saltwells Wood and part of Netherton Hill within its boundaries.
1 miE
Bridge
Parkhead Viaduct, Dudley
26 min walk • Parkhead Viaduct is a railway viaduct in Dudley, West Midlands, England. The original viaduct was a wooden structure erected in 1850 to carry the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway over Parkhead Locks on the Dudley Canal, near to the southern mouth of the Dudley Tunnel.
0.9 miS
Area
Brierley Hill, Birmingham
24 min walk • Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, 2.5 miles south of Dudley and 2 miles north of Stourbridge.
0.6 miE
Canal
Pensnett Canal, Dudley
16 min walk • The Pensnett Canal, also called Lord Ward's Canal was a private 1.25 miles long canal near Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England, which opened in 1840 and served the industrial enterprises of Lord Dudley's Estate. The engineer was Mathew Frost.
1.4 miSE
Canal
Netherton Reservoir, Dudley
36 min walk • Netherton Reservoir - otherwise known as Lodge Farm Reservoir or locally known as The Rezza is a canal feeder reservoir in the Netherton district of Dudley, England.
0.4 miSW
Park
Buckpool and Fens Pool Local Nature Reserve, Dudley
11 min walk • Buckpool and Fens Pool Local Nature Reserve is situated in the Pensnett area of the West Midlands. The largest area of open water in Dudley Metropolitan Borough, it contains both large and small ponds, one end of the Stourbridge Canal, streams and grassy areas.
0.6 miNW
Neighbourhood
Pensnett, Dudley
16 min walk • Pensnett is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, 2.3 miles south-west of central Dudley. Pensnett has been a part of Dudley since 1966, when the Brierley Hill Urban District, of which it was a part, was absorbed into the County Borough of Dudley, later the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley from 1974.
1.6 miSW
Neighbourhood
Hawbush, Stourbridge
40 min walk • Hawbush is a council estate in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England. It was built in the 1920s and 1930s. It has been served by a primary school, Hawbush Primary School, since 1930, when 5-7 infant and 7-11 junior schools were opened.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Fens Pools?

Nearby attractions include Buckpool and Fens Pool Local Nature Reserve, Dudley (11 min walk), Pensnett Canal, Dudley (16 min walk), Pensnett, Dudley (16 min walk), Barrow Hill, Dudley (17 min walk).

How to get to Fens Pools by public transport?

The nearest stations to Fens Pools:

Bus

Commonside / Bromley • Lines: 15, 15A (12 min walk)