A 3.5m circular walk in January 2006 to the Wren’s Nest

Black Country Geopark Walks, Wren’s Nest

Folder: Black Country Geopark Walks
[A walk within the UNESCO Black Country Geopark, designated in July 2020.]
A 3.5m circular walk in January 2006 from the Car Park off Priory Road, around the old limestone quarries at Mons Hill, on to the Wren's Nest, the Dudley Priory, and the Dudley Tunnel. (Weather cold wit some drizzle.)

In July 2020 the Black Country successfully secured UNESCO Global Geopark status, alongside 161 Geoparks a…  (read more)

05 Jan 2006

137 visits

Wren's Nest

Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve Over 400 million years ago, the area where Dudley now stands was covered by coral reefs and tropical seas providing an environment for the famous fossils we find there today. Over 700 types of fossil are known to have come from Wren's Nest. 186 of which were first discovered and described here and 86 are found nowhere else on Earth.

05 Jan 2006

128 visits

Wren's Nest

Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve Over 400 million years ago, the area where Dudley now stands was covered by coral reefs and tropical seas providing an environment for the famous fossils we find there today. Over 700 types of fossil are known to have come from Wren's Nest. 186 of which were first discovered and described here and 86 are found nowhere else on Earth.

05 Jan 2006

152 visits

Looking towards Dudley Castle from green space near Cedar Road

05 Jan 2006

195 visits

Dudley Priory Ruins, Grade I Listed Building

A place for lunch on a cold January day. Dudley Priory is a dissolved priory in Dudley, West Midlands (formerly Worcestershire), England. The ruins of the priory are located within Priory Park, alongside the Priory Estate, and is both a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed.

05 Jan 2006

169 visits

Dudley Priory Ruins, Grade I Listed Building

Dudley Priory is a dissolved priory in Dudley, West Midlands (formerly Worcestershire), England. The ruins of the priory are located within Priory Park, alongside the Priory Estate, and is both a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed.

05 Jan 2006

197 visits

Dudley Priory Ruins, Grade I Listed Building

Dudley Priory is a dissolved priory in Dudley, West Midlands (formerly Worcestershire), England. The ruins of the priory are located within Priory Park, alongside the Priory Estate, and is both a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed.

05 Jan 2006

200 visits

Dudley Tunnel on the Dudley No1 Canal

This picture from January 2006 shows the Dudley Tunnel, and the Black Country Museum.
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