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Frankley Beeches and Frankley Reservoir Walk

0.99 miles (1.6 km)

Enjoy an easy stroll along this small reservoir in Bartley Green, Birmingham.
The walk starts from the roadside car parking area at Frankley Beeches. There's a viewpoint with fine views over the countryside and towards Birmingham from here. On a clear day you can see the hills of the Cotswolds, Shropshire and even Wales. There's also a cluster of beeches trees which are a legacy of the Cadbury family, and now cared for by the National Trust.
A public footpath can be followed east from here and then south along the south western side of the reservoir. To continue your walking in the area just cross the road to pick up the path around Bartley Reservoir.

Postcode

B32 4BE - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Frankley Reservoir OS Map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Frankley Reservoir Open Street Map - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

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Frankley Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 2814447

Frankley Reservoir is a semi-circular reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, operated by Severn Trent Water. It was built by Birmingham Corporation Water Department to designs by Abram Kellett of Ealing in 1904

Building At Frankley Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 148405

Building At Frankley Reservoir. The reservoir contains 900,000 cubic metres (200,000,000 imp gal) of water received from the Elan Valley Reservoirs 73 miles away, in Wales, which arrives via the Elan aqueduct.

St Leonard's church, Frankley - geograph.org.uk - 846495

St Leonard's church, Frankley

Frankley Reservoirs - panoramio - fitzyt

Frankley Reservoirs

Memorial to Stanley Edge - geograph.org.uk - 2279304

Memorial to Stanley Howard Edge at Frankley Beeches. The memorial was erected by the Austin Seven Clubs Association in memory of Stanley Howard Edge 1903 - 1990 'who helped create the motor for the millions'. Stanley was involved in the design for the Austin Seven car in 1922.

View from Frankley Hill - geograph.org.uk - 5153395

View from Frankley Hill

Frankley Beeches - geograph.org.uk - 392437

Frankley Beeches

Bartley Green Reservoir ^ dam - geograph.org.uk - 2051195

Bartley Green Reservoir ^ dam

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GPX File

Frankley Reservoir.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)