Everything about Sandwell Valley totally explained
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 km²) 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, one of 16 farm parks approved nationally by the
Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
Sots hole is a local nature reserve within Sandwell valley. In an effort to protect and restore the reserve, a group of local people joined together in November 2005 and formed the Friends of Sot’s Hole.
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
Sandwell Council's Sandwell Valley website
The Valley's
fauna and
flora are studied by the
Sandwell Valley Naturalists' Club (
SandNats).
Adjacent areas include
Great Barr,
Hamstead and
Handsworth Wood.
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