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Sandwell Valley
Country Park
Sandwell Valley
is an area of green belt in the West Midlands of England, on the border
of Birmingham and West Bromwich, with Walsall at its northern end.
It is a valley on the River Tame, West Midlands. 2,000 acres (8 km˛)
are owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, with the RSPB leasing
25 acres as RSPB Sandwell Valley nature reserve. The Valley contains
Forge Mill Farm and Sandwell Park Farm, both of which are operated by
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as educational facilities - the
former using modern farming techniques, the latter with a walled garden
and rare breeds of farm animals.
The earliest evidence of people in Sandwell Valley is in the form of
flint tools from the Mesolithic period, but evidence of later periods is
also present in the landscape, including the site of Sandwell Hall (home
of the Earls of Dartmouth) and Priory. Exhibitions at Sandwell Park Farm
tell the story of the people who lived here.
The M5 motorway bisects the Valley, with the intersection between it and
the M6 (considered Junction 8 of the M6) at the northern end, and
junction 1 of the M5 to the South. The latter junction surrounds a
surviving gatehouse from the hall..
Information on what's happening can be found at Sandwellvalley.com
The Valley's fauna and flora are studied by the Sandwell Valley
Naturalists' Club (SandNats).
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