Print pageHow to get here
By train
Hamstead Station.
Turn right onto the main road - the Hamstead Hill/Old Walsall Road. Turn left into Hamstead Road then take the fourth left into Tanhouse Avenue just after Hamstead Primary School. Look out for the reserve entrance marked with a brown sign.
By bus
From Birmingham city centre: Take the number 16 bus from Bull Street. Ask for Tanhouse Avenue/Hamstead School. OR Take the train from Birmingham New Street Station to Hamstead Station (check that it stops at Hamstead Station as not all trains do). Then catch the number 16 bus and ask for Tanhouse Avenue.
From West Bromwich: Take the number 406 from West Bromwich bus station on St. Michael's Street (near West Bromwich Central Metro Station) and ask for Tanhouse Avenue/Hamstead School.
From Sutton Coldfield: Take the number 451 bus. Ask for Newton Road, The Malt Shovel or The Asbury Tavern. From the bus stop, follow Bowstoke Road (past the post office and shops), which leads into Tanhouse Avenue. Look out for the RSPB sign on the right (allow 20 minutes to walk from Newton Road).
By road
By car: From Birmingham city centre, take the Walsall Road (A34) to Scott Arms and turn left into Newton Road (A4041). Take Hamstead Road (B4167), which is fifth on the left near the bottom of the hill by the church (look for the brown sign marked RSPB nature centre). Take Tanhouse Avenue on the right (off the mini roundabout just before Hamstead school). The entrance to the reserve is through a gateway on the left (there is another brown sign marked RSPB) continue past the first car park over the railway bridge to the RSPB car park outside the visitor centre.
Sat nav POI file
If you have a satellite navigation system that can accept POI files, please see our POI page for a download link and instructions.