Valley Series #17 - River Tame Traditional Cache
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Valley Series #17 - River Tame
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The River Tame is the main river of the West Midlands, and the most important tributary of the River Trent. The Tame is about 40 km from source at Oldbury to where it joins the Trent near Alrewas, but the main river length of the entire catchment is about 285 km.
The Tame is generally considered to have two main sources; Willenhall and Oldbury, West Midlands. The tributaries arising in these locations are generally known as the Willenhall arm and the Oldbury arm of the Tame. However, some of its tributary streams rise as far to the west and north as Bilston and Wednesfield in the city of Wolverhampton. Much of the course of the river has been modified over the centuries and the urban sections now run mainly through culverts or canalised channels. Both arms of the Tame flow through the Black Country to their confluence at Bescot, on the edge of Walsall.
The unified Tame then flows, partly through channels realigned to make way for the M6 motorway and its interchange with the M5, through Sandwell Valley and into north Birmingham. It passes through Hamstead to Perry Barr, through Witton and beneath Gravelly Hill Interchange (where it is fed by the Rea) to Washwood Heath.
This cache is ickle........so think small.........VERY SMALL! Watch out for stingers. There is no pen, so please bring your own.
Nearest parking areas are Forge Mill Farm and Ray Hall Lane (off Newton Road).
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