Brier Rose Rosa rubiginosa Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum Ash Fraxinus excelsiorBear’s Breeches Acanthus mollis Poppy Papaver rhoeas Rosemary Rosemary o !cinale Pear Pyrus English Yew Taxus baccata Irish Yew Taxus baccata ‘fastigiata’Holly Ilex aquifolium Common Ivy Hedera helixHawthorn Crataegus monogyna Japanese KnotweedFallopia japonica Ferns Bramble Rubus fruticosus Walking to Discover BRIERLEY HILL This walking guide has been created by horticulturalist Pamela Smith, inspired by the plants and history of the streets of Brierley Hill. This guidebook helps you to see where you live in a di!erent way, you don’t have to travel far to discover plants that date back almost as far as the coal seams, or magical plants that are thought to help with love, happiness and cure all ailments. It’s about the botanical garden on your doorstep; all you have to do is take that first step... Open air Laboratories (OPAL) OPAL West Midlands is based at the University ofBirmingham (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science and School of Bioscience). Opal works in association with a wide range of regional partners, including the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust. Our towns and cities are home to a wide variety of plants and animals just waiting to be discovered. We want to get everyone interested in the natural world that surrounds where you live, work, or go to school. This will not only ensure a brighter future for wildlife but should help you feel good about your local space and environment. Our emphasis is on 'your' local patch! W a lkin g t o D is c o v e r B R I E R L E Y P a m e la Sm it hPamela Smith
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This walking guide has been created by horticulturalistPamela Smith, inspired by the plants and history of thestreets of Brierley Hill. This guidebook helps you to seewhere you live in a di! erent way, you don’t have to travel
far to discover plants that date back almost as far as thecoal seams, or magical plants that are thought to help withlove, happiness and cure all ailments. It’s about thebotanical garden on your doorstep; all you have to do is
take that first step...
Open air Laboratories (OPAL)
OPAL West Midlands is based at the University of Birmingham (School of Geography, Earth and
Environmental Science and School of Bioscience).Opal works in association with a wide range of regionalpartners, including the Birmingham and Black CountryWildlife Trust. Our towns and cities are home to a wide
variety of plants and animals just waiting to be discovered.We want to get everyone interested in the natural worldthat surrounds where you live, work, or go to school.This will not only ensure a brighter future for wildlife but
should help you feel good about your local space andenvironment. Our emphasis is on 'your' local patch!
area in which the 30ft coalseam comes to the surface.The coal together with seamsof iron, clay and limestonesupported the developmentof the Industrial Revolution,l di t th b i
Brierley Hill is 162m AboveSea Level (the same heightas Beachy Head) The highestpoint in the West Midlands isTurner’s Hill in Sandwell at271m Above Sea Level. It isalso a place of roses.
The name Brierley Hill
The rose, usually speltis native to the UK, thof Europe and WesternThe word Briar is aAnglo!Saxon word mea thorny shrub. Rose tface backwards as
Here the walk ends butopposite Merry Hill isSaltwells Local Nature
Reserve. Why not continueyour walk across to this 100hectare reserve, one of thelargest urban naturereserves in the country. Atthe centre of the reserve is