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The River Tame is a river in the West Midlands of England, and one of the principal tributaries of the River Trent. [4] The Tame is about 95 km (59 mi) long from the source at Oldbury to its confluence with the Trent near Alrewas, [1] but the main river length of the entire catchment, i.e. the Tame and its main tributaries, is about 285 km (177 mi).
The earlier name is lost: Dodgson suggests that Tame may have been the name for the whole of the Mersey. [9] The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is named after the river. While it flows through the borough, the river neither rises nor finishes inside its boundaries; however, most of the built-up area alongside the river is in Tameside.
It is located near the source of the River Tame, and is part of the Black Country. Wednesbury is situated 5 miles (8km) south-east of Wolverhampton, 3 miles (4.4km) south-west of Walsall, and 7 miles (11.8km) north-west of Birmingham. At the 2021 Census, the town's built-up area had a population of 20,313. [2] St Bartholomew's Church, Wednesbury
Darlaston is situated between Wednesbury and Walsall in the valley of the River Tame in the angle where the three major head-streams of the river converge. It is located on the South Staffordshire coalfield and has been an area of intense coal-mining activity.
The reserve is located around the eastern and northern edges of the Forge Mill Lake, a storm water retention basin within a meander of the River Tame. The reserve is surrounded by the West Midlands conurbation and is close to the edges of Birmingham and Walsall, as well as West Bromwich. It is close to the M5 motorway, M6 motorway and the A34 road.
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This collective agreed on creating "a linear park in the valley [of the River Tame] for the use of the townspeople and as a major recreational resource within the Manchester metropolis". [22] Tameside was created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 as one of the ten metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester.
River Tame is a Celtic river name, used in England to refer to: River Tame, Greater Manchester, a river that meets the Goyt to form the Mersey; River Tame, West Midlands, the largest tributary of the Trent; River Tame, North Yorkshire, a tributary of the Leven and then the Tees