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Woodgate Valley Country Park is an area of countryside in the heart of Bartley Green and Quinton. The valley is a vital green lung amidst suburban estates, but also seems to be a convenient spot to dump and torch stolen cars
©Phil Champion
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking along Simmons Drive in this unusually laid out 1960s/70s housing development along the side of Woodgate Valley.
©David Stowell
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©Phil Champion
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©Row17
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©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking towards the council estate that overlooks the south side of the country park - a similar estate mirrors it on the north side.
©Phil Champion
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking along Quinton Road from near Four Dwellings schools.
©David Stowell
Dist:0.7km<br/>This site near the junction of Quinton Lane houses Four Dwellings Primary School, seen here, and Four Dwellings High School.
©David Stowell
Dist:0.8km<br/>An unusual interior postbox, alongside the post office counters of [[1627729]] at the back of the convenience store. It is emptied finally at 5:15pm on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.8km<br/>A closer look at the convenience store at the right-hand end of [[1627726]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.8km<br/>This public house is just off Clapgate Lane.
©Carl Baker
Dist:0.8km<br/>A parade of shops that has probably seen better days. Left to right: supermarket, bookmaker, Edgbaston Conservatives' office, a vacant store, and convenience store/post office.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.8km<br/>Here a pleasant path within Woodgate Valley Country Park runs beside the Bourn Brook. The path and stream are here crossed by another path running north-south.
©Paul Collins
Dist:0.8km<br/>With three well kept football pitches, all with two sets of goals, on level ground on the other side of the park these solo goals are a little neglected. But they may produce a future deadball specialist. I hope so.
©Jeremy Bolwell
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©Row17

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