New Hall Valley Country Park is a

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located in New Hall Valley between

Walmley Walmley is a suburban village situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It lies within the City of Birmingham on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Minworth electoral ward. It is i ...

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and

Pype Hayes Pype Hayes is a modern housing estate area in the east of the Erdington district of Birmingham. It is within the Tyburn ward. Covering the postcodes of B24 and B76. Etymology The name of the area derives from a major landowner in Erdington ca ...

in the

Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, known locally as Sutton ( ), is a town and civil parish in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south ...

area of north

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. It is the first new country park in the UK for over a decade. The park is split into "phases". It was created in 2005 by Birmingham City Council with funding raised from the release of land for the

New Hall Manor Estate The New Hall Manor Estate is the younger of the two major housing estates named after New Hall Manor in Walmley, West Midlands. The other estate is the New Hall Estate. It was built around 2000 and half was built by one company and the other half ...

development and formally opened on August 29, 2005. The park covers over 160 acres (0.6 km²) of designated

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land to the south east of Sutton Park, including

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, historic

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grazing meadows, former

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, and part of

Plants Brook Plants Brook (originally Ebrook, Ebrooke''The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield - A Commemorative History'', Douglas V. Jones, 1994, Westwood Press () or East Brook

. It borders on a number of privately owned

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s including the 17th century Grade II listed

New Hall Mill New Hall Mill is a watermill in Walmley, in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. The mill is a Grade II* listed building; it is privately owned, and is managed by the New Hall Water Mill Preservation Trust. It is open to the public on Open Days, or b ...

, a

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. This is one of only two working water mills surviving in Birmingham water mills in Birmingham, with the other being

Sarehole Mill Sarehole Mill is a Grade II listed water mill, in an area once called Sarehole, on the River Cole in Hall Green, Birmingham, England. It is now run as a museum by the Birmingham Museums Trust. It is known for its association with J. R. R. Tol ...

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. It has been restored and is open to the public on certain days or by prior arrangement.

Bishop Walsh Catholic School Bishop Walsh Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with Academy (English school), academy status, located in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. The school is part of ...

borders the land, with the school's playing fields running adjacent for nearly 1.5 miles. The park also includes a network of cycle routes and

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s (, a plant nursery, a nature conservation site and two play areas for children. The park is crossed by Wylde Green Road, which links Walmley and Wylde Green at either end. This road was crossed by a

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until around 1967. Coopers Wood, the

in the park, is under threat of being destroyed due to concerns that its trees, which are

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, may fall onto people using the paths that have been driven through them. You can access the park: * By foot via Coleshill road at the bottom of Reddicap Hill Road, via the cycle path * By foot or via the carpark on Wylde Green Road (next to Bishop Walsh School) * By foot under the railway bridges on Ebrook Road and East View Road * By foot from Fledburgh Drive on the

New Hall Estate The New Hall Estate is the older of the two major private housing estates named after New Hall Manor in the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands in England. The newer being New Hall Manor Estate. It was built in a number of phases b ...

* By foot down the cycle path from

* By foot from the northern end of Pype Hayes Park via the

Plants Brook Plants Brook (originally Ebrook, Ebrooke''The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield - A Commemorative History'', Douglas V. Jones, 1994, Westwood Press () or East Brook

* From Plants Brook Local Nature Reserve by crossing Eachelhurst Road heading towards Penns Lane

References

External links

Birmingham City Council page

Newhall Mill
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