Visit Great Barr Places

Welcome to Visit Great Barr Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Great Barr

  

Great Barr Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Great Barr

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Great Barr history

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The Staffordshire parish of Barr straddled the route from Birmingham to Walsall. The rural economy was dominated by four great landowning families, the Wryley Birches, Dartmouths, Scotts and Goughs. In 1817 there were 120 houses occupied by 127 families, 78 of whom were engaged in agriculture and 30 in trade. The 1901 census recorded a population of 1,344, by 1921 this had increased to 2,232. By 1930 the population had grown to 3,294, by 1951 it had reached 12,648.

Great Barr geography / climate

Great Barr is loosely applied to a swathe of the West Midlands, bounded by junction 8 of the M6 motorway in the west. The traditional centre is at the Scott Arms public house and shopping centre. Great Barr includes much of the B42, B43 and B44 postcode areas.

You can visit Great Barr places with Walkfo Great Barr to hear history at Great Barr’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Barr has 56 places to visit in our interactive Great Barr map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Great Barr, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Great Barr places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Barr & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 56 audio facts unique to Great Barr places in an interactive Great Barr map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Great Barr Places Map
56 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Great Barr historic spots	Great Barr tourist destinations	Great Barr plaques	Great Barr geographic features
Walkfo Great Barr tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Great Barr

  

Best Great Barr places to visit

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Great Barr has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Great Barr’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Great Barr’s information audio spots:

St John the Evangelist’s Church, Perry Barr St John the Evangelist’s Church, Perry Barr is a Grade II listed parish church . It is located in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham, England .

St Gabriel’s Church, Walsall St Gabriel’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Walsall, West Midlands . Its parish includes Fullbrook, Caldmore, Bescot, The Delves, Palfrey and Tamebridge and Yew Tree .

Yew Tree, West Bromwich The Yew Tree Estate is located at Sandwell’s border with Walsall . Developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by West Bromwich County Borough Council for municipal housing .

Charlemont and Grove Vale Charlemont with Grove Vale is a political ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the English Midlands constituency of West Bromwich East . The ward population as taken at the 2011 census was 11,964 .

St Martin’s Church, Walsall St Martin’s Church is situated in the West Midlands town of Walsall on the corner of Sutton Road and Daffodil Road. The church is named after St Martin of Tours.

Hamstead Colliery Hamstead Colliery in Hamstead (then Staffordshire, now West Midlands) produced coal between 1878 and 1965. It suffered a major fire in 1908 in which 26 men died.

St Paul’s Church, Hamstead St Paul’s Church, Hamstead is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Birmingham, England. It is located in Hamstead, Birmingham, and is located on the outskirts of the city.

Sandwell Valley RSPB reserve Sandwell Valley RSPB reserve (grid reference SP017913) is a nature reserve to the north of West Bromwich, in the Sandwell borough of West Midlands in England. It is adjacent to, and shares its main lake with, Sandwell Valley Country Park and near the settlement of Hamstead.

Forge Mill Lake Forge Mill Lake is a local nature reserve in Sandwell Valley, near West Bromwich in West Midlands. It is within Sandwell. Valley Country Park.

Red House Park 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.

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