King's Standing Bowl Barrow, Birmingham

Name: King's Standing Bowl Barrow
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom

#200 among attractions in Birmingham

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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. ()

Coordinates: 52°33'29"N, 1°52'58"W

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OscottBirmingham United Kingdom

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Day trips

King's Standing Bowl Barrow – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Barr Beacon, Odeon, Lunar Society Moonstones, Barr Beacon Reservoir.

1.6 miNW
Park, Scenic walking areas
Barr Beacon, Brownhills
40 min walk • 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.
0.5 miS
Nightlife, Cinema
Odeon, Birmingham
12 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.
1.2 miW
Memorial
Lunar Society Moonstones, Birmingham
30 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.
1.7 miNW
View point
Barr Beacon Reservoir, Walsall
43 min walk • 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.
1.5 miSE
Seminary
St Mary's College, Birmingham
39 min walk • St Mary's College in New Oscott, Birmingham, often called Oscott College, is the Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham in England and one of the three seminaries of the Catholic Church in England and...
~1220 ftSE
Lake
Perry Barr Reservoir, Birmingham
6 min walk • Perry Barr Reservoir is a covered drinking water reservoir, in north Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water. Built for the then Birmingham Corporation Water Department, on the site of the former Perry Barr Farm, it is not, despite its name, in the modern Perry Barr area, but nearby Kingstanding, at grid reference SP083951.
1.2 miE
Park, National park, Nature
Sutton Park, Birmingham
32 min walk • Sutton Park is a large urban park located in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Most of the park is a national nature reserve; large parts are also a scheduled monument.