Yew Tree, West Bromwich
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Yew Tree housing estate
is in the extreme north of West Bromwich
, England
, near the town's border with Walsall
. It was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by West Bromwich County Borough Council for municipal housing which included some of the borough's first multi storey flats most of which have been demolished and replaced by housing and amenities. Yew Tree Estate joins onto the Friar Park Estate, which makes Yew Tree just outside the Wednesbury
Borough. Yew Tree has a good amount of common land and also local shops, plus a local pub and most recently a number of newly developed houses. It has one school (Yew Tree Primary) divided between two locations, the original Yew Tree School still stands on Birchfield Way and the second Yew Tree School has replaced Fir Tree School on Greenside Way. The pub was altered from the original name of 'The Archers' to 'The Orchard', then back to 'The Archers'. Residents of Yew Tree Estate have Walsall
addresses and phone numbers but are in fact residents of West Bromwich
.
Housing estate
A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...
is in the extreme north of West Bromwich
West Bromwich
West Bromwich is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England. It is north west of Birmingham lying on the A41 London-to-Birkenhead road. West Bromwich is part of the Black Country...
, 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...
, near the town's border with Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
. It was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by West Bromwich County Borough Council for municipal housing which included some of the borough's first multi storey flats most of which have been demolished and replaced by housing and amenities. Yew Tree Estate joins onto the Friar Park Estate, which makes Yew Tree just outside the Wednesbury
Wednesbury
Wednesbury is a market town in England's Black Country, part of the Sandwell metropolitan borough in West Midlands, near the source of the River Tame. Similarly to the word Wednesday, it is pronounced .-Pre-Medieval and Medieval times:...
Borough. Yew Tree has a good amount of common land and also local shops, plus a local pub and most recently a number of newly developed houses. It has one school (Yew Tree Primary) divided between two locations, the original Yew Tree School still stands on Birchfield Way and the second Yew Tree School has replaced Fir Tree School on Greenside Way. The pub was altered from the original name of 'The Archers' to 'The Orchard', then back to 'The Archers'. Residents of Yew Tree Estate have Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
addresses and phone numbers but are in fact residents of West Bromwich
West Bromwich
West Bromwich is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England. It is north west of Birmingham lying on the A41 London-to-Birkenhead road. West Bromwich is part of the Black Country...
.
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