| 词条 | Sandwell Valley |
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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 of which {{convert|720|ha|acre}} are owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, with the RSPB leasing 25 acres as RSPB Sandwell Valley nature reserve. Within this large area, is the {{convert|270|ha|acre}} Sandwell Valley Country Park, which contains two visitor centres, Forge Mill Farm and Sandwell Park Farm, the former using modern farming techniques, the latter with a walled kitchen garden and rare breeds of farm animals, one of 16 farm parks approved nationally by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. [https://archive.is/20121224101427/http://www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/parks-countryside-and-allotments/local-wildlife/sots-hole/?textonly=no Sot's Hole] is one of three Local Nature Reserves in the Country Park, and lies on the edge of the site on Dagger Lane/Church Vale, West Bromwich. 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 Sandwell Priory ruins (still evident today). Exhibitions at Sandwell Park Farm tell the story of the people who lived here. The M5 motorway bisects the Country Park, 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. The Birmingham-Walsall Line, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837, runs through the northern end of the valley, with Hamstead railway station being the nearest. The former Newton Road railway station having closed some years ago. The highest point of Sandwell Valley is in Birmingham and is known as Hill Top, where the remains of a World War II gun emplacement can still be found there. The Country Park's fauna and flora are studied by the Sandwell Valley Naturalists' Club (SandNats). Adjacent areas include Great Barr, Hamstead and Handsworth Wood. Coordinates{{kml}}{{PoI start}}{{PoI|M5/M6 junction|52.548|-1.966|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|Newton Road railway station|52.5400|-1.9641|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|Railway crosses river|52.536045|-1.957101|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|Forge Mill Farm|52.533180|-1.959515|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|RSPB Visitors' Centre|52.533114|-1.949998|GB-BIR|}}{{PoI|Hamstead railway station|52.530|-1.928|GB-BIR|}}{{PoI|Sot's Hole NR|52.529185|-1.983494|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|Sandwell Park Farm|52.521183|-1.972786|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|Gun emplacement|52.519591|-1.951500|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|M5 junction 1|52.512|-1.975|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|Gatehouse|52.511601|-1.974109|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI|Sandwell Priory|52.5198|-1.9648|GB-SAW|}}{{PoI end}}External links
2 : Areas of the West Midlands (county)|Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves in England |
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