Pound Green Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.4041°N -2.3606°W
Official Name:Pound Green
Static Image:Route 45 from Pound Green.jpg
Static Image Caption:Route 45
Shire District:Wyre Forest
Shire County:Worcestershire
Region:West Midlands
Postcode District:DY12
Postcode Area:DY
Post Town:BEWDLEY
Dial Code:01299
Os Grid Reference:SO757792
London Distance:134miles

Pound Green is a hamlet in Upper Arley, Worcestershire, England. It has a number of tourist landmarks such as Ye Olde New Inn and a village hall that also serves Button Oak village. Historically, the village is within the boundaries of Staffordshire.

Pound Green Common is an area of common land, west of the village [1] which was the location of Edgar Chance's studies of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) which included the first ever photography of a cuckoo laying her egg.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pound Green Common. 17 October 2015.
  2. Book: Davies. Nick. Nicholas Barry Davies. Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature. 2015. Bloomsbury. 37. 9781408856567.