PARK LIME PITS
Local Nature Reserve
Park Road
Daw End Lane
Rushall
Walsall
West Midlands
WS4 2HH
Tel: 01922 459813
Park Road
Daw End Lane
Rushall
Walsall
West Midlands
WS4 2HH
Tel: 01922 459813
Description:
Park Lime Pits Local Nature Reserve is the perfect peaceful urban getaway. A walk around its tranquil pools and mature woodland belies its busy past as a quarry, when the limestone within was used to support the industrial revolution, and a busy network of canals connected the pits to iron foundries around the Black Country. These days, rather than the sounds of industry, you’re likely to hear the sound of great spotted woodpeckers hammering away in the trees, and the occasional splash of a fish in the big pool. It’s still adjacent to the canal, and as such it’s a frequent stopping point for people walking or cycling the canal towpaths between the Arboretum and Chasewater.
Park Lime Pits Local Nature Reserve is the perfect peaceful urban getaway. A walk around its tranquil pools and mature woodland belies its busy past as a quarry, when the limestone within was used to support the industrial revolution, and a busy network of canals connected the pits to iron foundries around the Black Country. These days, rather than the sounds of industry, you’re likely to hear the sound of great spotted woodpeckers hammering away in the trees, and the occasional splash of a fish in the big pool. It’s still adjacent to the canal, and as such it’s a frequent stopping point for people walking or cycling the canal towpaths between the Arboretum and Chasewater.
Main Species:
Ticket Costs and Opening Times:
Free to fish from dusk till dawn
Free to fish from dusk till dawn
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How to get there....
Turn right toward Walsall Rd/A454, Turn left onto Walsall Rd/A454 Turn left onto Bosty Ln/B4154 Continue to follow B4154 Turn left onto Park Road Destination will be on the left Car Park on Park Road, off Daw End Lane Buses: numbers 997 runs every 10 minutes from Walsall, |
