Public art & sculpture · West Midlands
Fire Tower
Also known as: Y Wlad Ddu
In or near Hagley.
Fire Tower — Public artwork (sculpture) by Philip Bews;Diane Gorvin.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cradley Heath · 3.4 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Fire Tower in Dudley, the nearest railway station is Cradley Heath, located 3.4 km away. The postcode for navigation is DY2 9AE. Entry details are not specified, so please check in advance.
About
Fire Tower is a place of interest in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Public artwork (sculpture) by Philip Bews;Diane Gorvin.". Coordinates: 52.5000°, -2.0906°.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
The Black Country is a loosely defined area of England's West Midlands. It is mainly urban, covering most of the Dudley and Sandwell metropolitan boroughs, with the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall and the City of Wolverhampton. The 14-mile (23 km) road between Wolverhampton and Birmingham was described as "one continuous town" in 1785. The area was one of the Industrial Revolution's birthplaces. Its name was first recorded in the 1840s, and derives either from the 30 foot (9.1 m) thick coal seam close to the surface or the production of coal, coke, iron, glass, bricks and steel which produced high levels of soot and air pollution.
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Background
History
A few Black Country places such as Wolverhampton, Bilston and Wednesfield are mentioned in Anglo-Saxon charters and chronicles and the forerunners of a number of Black Country towns and villages such as Cradley, Dudley, Smethwick, and Halesowen are included in the Domesday Book of 1086. At this early date, the area was mostly rural. A monastery was founded in Wolverhampton in the Anglo-Saxon period Another religious house, Premonstratensian Abbey of Halesowen, was founded in the early 13th century. A number of Black Country villages developed into market towns and boroughs in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, notably Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton. and metalworking was important in…
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- Coordinates
- 52.5000, -2.0906
- District
- Dudley
- Parish
- Dudley, unparished area
- Postcode
- DY2 9AE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stourbridge
- Nearest railway station
- Cradley Heath — 3.4 km
- Official site
- www.bewsgorvin.co.uk
Sources
- osm: n2501744165 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Black Country (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Griffiths' Guide to the iron trade of Great Britain an elaborate review of the iron (and) coal trades for last year, addresses and names of all ironmasters, with a list of blast furnaces, iron (14761790294).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fire Tower?
- Fire Tower is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode DY2 9AE), in the parish of Dudley, unparished area.
- What is Fire Tower?
- Fire Tower — Public artwork (sculpture) by Philip Bews;Diane Gorvin.
- How do I get to Fire Tower?
- The nearest railway station is Cradley Heath, about 3.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode DY2 9AE.
- How do I get to Fire Tower?
- The nearest railway station is Cradley Heath, about 3.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DY2 9AE.