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Netherton works well as a base: 10 minutes from Halesowen, 4km from Black Country Living Museum.
Netherton is in England, United Kingdom, with about 2,600 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Halesowen, about 4 km away.
Netherton Reservoir - otherwise known as Lodge Farm Reservoir or locally known as The Rezza is a canal feeder reservoir in the Netherton district of Dudley, England. It opened in 1838, and is now used for watersports, as well as supplying water to the canal system.
The Dudley Canal Line No 2 followed a circuitousRead more
route, but in the 1830s Thomas Brewin was responsible for building a more direct route. The total length of the new canal, which opened in 1838, was about 400 yards (370 m), which included a 75-yard (69 m) tunnel, known as Brewin's Tunnel. The new route enabled a reservoir to be built over the old course of the canal, together with a steam-powered pumping engine. The tunnel did not last long, as it was opened out in 1858, necessitating the construction of a bridge to carry the lane which had previously crossed over the top of the tunnel. The bridge is now called High Bridge (locally known as the "Sounding Bridge"), and the lane is called Highbridge Road.
The reservoir, which was built between 1835 and 1838, acted as a storage reservoir, so that when water was plentiful, as a result of rain, it could be pumped from the canal into the reservoir, and then released back into the canal through sluices near the tunnel when it was required. The engine was installed in 1840, and drove a scoop wheel. A cottage was provided for the sluice keeper.
With the nationalisation of the canals in 1948, ownership of the reservoir passed from the Birmingham Canal Navigations, with whom the Dudley Canal had amalgamated in 1846, to British Waterways. They sold it to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in 1966, who wanted to improve the leisure facilities within their area, and have since developed it for watersports, although it still supplies water to the canal.
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Within an hour or so of Netherton: Black Country Living Museum (4 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (4 km), The Peter James Collection (13 km), Land Rover Experience Solihull (22 km).
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, Goyt Valley road, Peak District and A537 Cat and Fiddle Summit.
Netherton is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Halesowen.
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museum
Open-air museum rebuilding an industrial Black Country town: canal boats, a working replica Newcomen engine, 1930s fish and chips fried in beef dripping, and a coal mine walk. A key Peaky Blinders filming location.
4 km · about 10 min drive
film location
The open-air museum in Dudley provides the canal-side streets and workshops of Peaky Blinders' Small Heath.
4 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
The world's largest collection of British motorcycles with over 1,000 machines spanning a century of manufacturing near Solihull.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
31 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
The world's oldest motorsport venue still using its original course, running since 1905. A 1,000-yard blast up a wooded Worcestershire hillside, steeped in Edwardian racing heritage.
33 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
40 km · about 45 min drive
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
April to October
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