Cotwall End Valley
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Cotwall End Valley is an area of urban forest
located in the West Midlands
of England
. It is situated approximately one mile south-west of Sedgley
town centre and incorporates some of the grounds of Ellowes Hall
, a stately home which was built in the early 19th century and demolished in 1964, which has let to the wooded part of the valley being known locally as "Ellowes Hall Wood". The valley also borders the grounds of Ellowes Hall School
(built 1964) and Cotwall End Nature Reserve (opened in about 1970).
Urban forest
An urban forest is a forest or a collection of trees that grow within a city, town or a suburb. In a wider sense it may include any kind of woody plant vegetation growing in and around human settlements. In a narrower sense it describes areas whose ecosystems are inherited from wilderness...
located in the West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated approximately one mile south-west of Sedgley
Sedgley
Sedgley is an urban village within the West Midlands county of England. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Sedgley was formerly an ancient manor composed of several smaller villages, including Gornal, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley and Brierley...
town centre and incorporates some of the grounds of Ellowes Hall
Ellowes Hall
Ellowes Hall was a stately home located in Sedgley, Staffordshire . It was built in 1821 in parkland near Lower Gornal village as the home of wealthy local ironmonger John Fereday and his family. Over the next 100 years or more, successive different wealthy owners lived in the house...
, a stately home which was built in the early 19th century and demolished in 1964, which has let to the wooded part of the valley being known locally as "Ellowes Hall Wood". The valley also borders the grounds of Ellowes Hall School
Ellowes Hall School
Ellowes Hall Sports College is a comprehensive secondary school with Sports College status situated on Stickley Lane in Lower Gornal, Dudley, West Midlands, England....
(built 1964) and Cotwall End Nature Reserve (opened in about 1970).