Reserve Closure
Some of our facilities will be closed on 18 September for an all staff meeting. The reserve trails will be accessible to visitors. Please check locally for more details. All facilities will reopen as normal on Thursday 19th September.
Location at Sandwell Valley
Address
Tanhouse Avenue,
Great Barr,
Birmingham,
B43 5AG
Getting here
The reserve is brown signposted off the A4041 (Newton Rd) North of Hampstead, 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).
From Birmingham Priory Queensway: Take the number 16 bus to Hamstead, alight at Tanhouse Avenue.
From West Bromwich Bus Station: Take the number 5 or 46 bus and alight at Bowstoke Road.
Walk along Bowstoke Road to Tanhouse Avenue (20 minutes walk).
From Sutton Coldfield Lower Parade: Take the number 5 bus and alight at Bowstoke Road.
Walk along Bowstoke Road to Tanhouse Avenue (20 minutes walk).
Hamstead is the nearest railway 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 following the brown sign.
National Route 5.