Turnberry Estate
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Turnberry Estate is a residential area of Bloxwich
in the West Midlands
of England
. It was developed during the 1980s for the construction of new privately owned homes, and has borders with the countryside which heads away from Bloxwich in the direction of Cannock
. Houses on the Turnberry Estate are some of most desirable and popular in Bloxwich, if not the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
The estate is served by the National Express West Midlands
351 bus route and Bloxwich North railway station
is located on the western edge of the estate.
The estate was preceded by a much older manor house, Which at times was host to a traveling judge or law man appointed by the capital to give judgment on locals every time he returned. This was believed to have been destryed by fire after running into ruin in the 1970s.
Bloxwich
Bloxwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England, with a population of around 40,000 people.-Early history:Bloxwich has its origins at least as early as the Anglo-Saxon period, when the place name evidence suggests it was a small Mercian settlement named after the...
in the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
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 was developed during the 1980s for the construction of new privately owned homes, and has borders with the countryside which heads away from Bloxwich in the direction of Cannock
Cannock
Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....
. Houses on the Turnberry Estate are some of most desirable and popular in Bloxwich, if not the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a local government district in the Black Country part of the West Midlands, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes the towns of Aldridge, Brownhills,...
The estate is served by the National Express West Midlands
National Express West Midlands
National Express West Midlands , formerly known as Travel West Midlands , is the trade name of West Midlands Travel Ltd , a company which operates bus services from depots in the cities of Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall in the West...
351 bus route and Bloxwich North railway station
Bloxwich North railway station
Bloxwich North railway station serves the town of Bloxwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England.The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.-History:...
is located on the western edge of the estate.
The estate was preceded by a much older manor house, Which at times was host to a traveling judge or law man appointed by the capital to give judgment on locals every time he returned. This was believed to have been destryed by fire after running into ruin in the 1970s.