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Hall
Green is a suburb of Birmingham about 4 miles
from the city centre. Many people in Birmingham
know Hall Green for its famous dog racing stadium
but there is a lot more to Hall Green than first
meets the eye.
The local housing is varied and many larger pre-war
properties line its leafy suburbs. There are however
many new developments in Hall Green. Hall Green
takes its name from the Hawe family who used to
live at Haw Green. Hall Green has Birmingham's
only remaining working watermill at Sarehole Mill.
This is one of Birmingham's tourist attractions
and illustrates the history of the watermills
for the grinding of corn and industrial work which
followed during the Industrial Revolution.
Hall Green has its links with J.R.R. Tolkien who
used to frequent Sarehole Mill and the house where
he lived as a child is in Wake Green Road. Matthew
Boulton used Sarehole Mill for the rolling of
metal for his buttons and lived here before moving
to the Soho Foundry and his house in Soho Avenue,
Handsworth. Hall Green is also the birthplace
of Tony Hancock.
Properties in Hall Green have enjoyed an increase
in value in recent years and Hall Green has become
a desirable residential location of Birmingham.
The wide avenues and open areas of Hall Green
make it an attractive place to live and its close
proximity to the city centre adds to the attraction
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