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Merredin Town Hall, Merredin Clock Tower Building: Merredin Railway Station Group: 1577: Lot 1503: Todd Street: Merredin: Merredin Railway Station Museum, Old Railway Station: Merredin Post Office: 1578: Corner: Barrack & Bates Street: Merredin
This 'Telford road' remained the main Coventry to Birmingham Road until 1958, when the village was bypassed by the A45 dual carriageway. The old, narrow road past the Queen's Head is the site of the pre-Telford turnpike. [3] The shape of the current centre of the village, around the green, was another product of enclosure post-1785.
The original Merredin station opened in 1895. It was an important station on the Eastern Goldfields Railway , being the junction station for a number of lines to locations in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields regions.
The MerredinLink was introduced in June 2004 when the AvonLink from East Perth was extended from Northam to Merredin on three days a week. [1] [2] In August 2013, Transwa announced that the MerredinLink would cease with The Prospector to make additional stops. [3] [4] However in December 2013 the service was given a reprieve. [5] [6]
Located in the east of the city, Sheldon Country Park was established in 1986 and is one of the larger country parks within Birmingham, spanning roughly 300 acres.The park boasts vast areas of wetland, grassland, ancient hedgerows, and some mature woodland.
The museum opened in 1992 [5] originally as the Jewellery Quarter Discovery Centre, as part of the city's Heritage Development Plan. [6] [7] It preserves this 'time capsule' of a jewellery workshop [8] [9] and also tells the 200-year story of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, the centre of the British jewellery industry, and its traditional craft skills.
Soho House (middle building); rear view with side buildings, as seen from today's access road. Soho House is a museum run by Birmingham Museums Trust, celebrating Matthew Boulton's life, his partnership with James Watt, his membership of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and his contribution to the Midlands Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
The park comprises some 450 acres (180 ha) and is on land previously threatened by urban development. The disused Lapal Tunnel of the Dudley No 2 canal passes just south of Hole Farm, north of the visitor centre and on through the South Woodgate housing estate. The tunnel opened in 1798 and was closed to traffic in 1926.