Visit Walmley Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Walmley

  

Walmley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Walmley

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Walmley history

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The origins of Walmley are unknown, but it is believed it may have formed as a community for workers at the halls of Langley Hall, New Hall Manor, Penns Hall and Peddimore Hall. It is believed to have formed from a few scattered houses along a main commuter route from Sutton Coldfield to Birmingham. In 1881, the population was recorded at being 1,301 and the same number was recorded for 1884. At the turn of the 20th century, the village remained a rural village featuring a church, a few houses and an inn (The Fox Inn)

Walmley geography / climate

Walmley is four kilometres southeast of Sutton Coldfield town centre and eleven kilometres northeast of Birmingham city centre. The central area of the area is known as Walmley Village. It is connected by a road running through the New Hall Valley and the Plantsbrook Local Nature Reserve.

You can visit Walmley places with Walkfo Walmley to hear history at Walmley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Walmley has 72 places to visit in our interactive Walmley 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 Walmley, 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 Walmley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Walmley & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Walmley Places Map
72 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Walmley places to visit

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

Fort Dunlop Fort Dunlop (grid reference SP129902), is the name of the original tyre factory . It was established in 1917, and by 1954 the entire factory area employed 10,000 workers . At one time it was the world’s largest factory .

Castle Vale Town F.C. Castle Vale Town Football Club is a football club based in the Castle Vale area of Birmingham, England . They are currently members of the Midland League Division Three and play at the Vale Stadium .

OpenStreetMap Foundation The OpenStreetMap Foundation (abbreviated OSMF) is a non-profit foundation whose aim is to support and enable the development of freely-reusable geospatial data. Its constitution does not prevent it supporting other projects.

Romulus F.C. Romulus Football Club is a football club based in Castle Vale, Birmingham, England. The club was formed in 1979 by club president Roger Evans, initially the team played Sunday league football. First team play in the Midland League Premier Division.

Sutton Trinity (ward) Sutton Trinity is one of the 40 electoral wards in Birmingham. It is named after Holy Trinity Church, the town’s parish church. It was created on 10 June 2004 following a Boundary Commission review of the city.

Sutton Coldfield power station Sutton Coldfield power station supplied electricity to the town from 1901 to 1959. It was closed in 1959 when it had a generating capacity of 1.0 MW.

Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield Holy Trinity Parish Church is the parish church of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. It is Grade I listed and gives its name to the ward in which it stands, Sutton Trinity.

St George’s Barracks, Sutton Coldfield St George’s Barracks was a military installation in Sutton Coldfield. It was built in the 1930s and was located on the outskirts of the town. The barracks were used as a military base for the duration of the Cold War.

St Barnabas’ Church, Erdington St. Barnabas’ Church is a Church of England parish church in Erdington in the north of Birmingham, England. The church was built in the 1950s and 1960s. It is located in the centre of Erdington, north of the city of Birmingham.

Penns Hall Penns Hall is a Grade B locally listed building. It is licensed as a venue for civil marriages and civil partnerships. Plants Brook, a tributary of the River Tame flows through its grounds.

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