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Watford Gap, Staffordshire / Warwickshire

Watford Gap is a hamlet on the border of Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Watford Gap has long been the name of the ancient crossroads of Blake Street and Lichfield Road. Blake Street (le Blakestrete in 1290) was the boundary between the manors of Sutton and Shenstone and remains the county border here. The name can also refer to the 20th-century housing which developed around the crossroad (now a roundabout). It is within the council areas of Birmingham and Lichfield (Staffordshire).

Place Type: Hamlet
Historic County: Staffordshire / Warwickshire
Lat, Long: 52.607084,-1.838101
Grid Reference: SK110010
Police Area: West Midlands
Council Area: Birmingham
Civil Parish: Sutton Coldfield CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 48047
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Watford_Gap,_Staffordshire_48047

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