PLAN YOUR VISIT

Forge Mill, Forge lake and Swan Pool

• Car* and Cycle Parking is available at Forge Mill Farm & Lake Car Park, and Swan Pool Car Park (with a short walk to the Farm). 
• The M5 Motorway Bus Stop is nearest to Forge Mill Farm (short 15 minute walk)
• A longer, but nice walk through Sandwell Valley Country Park takes about 40 minutes to Forge Mill Farm from West Bromwich Town Centre Transport Hub. 
• Address is: Forge Mill Farm, Forge Lane, West Bromwich, B71 3SZ

Sandwell Valley Visitor Centre, Sandwell Showground, Priory Woods, Dartmouth Park and Sandwell Valley attractions including Junior Fair, Adventure Play, High Ropes etc

• Car* and Cycle Parking is available at Lodge Hill Road, the main car park accessed from Salters Lane, West Bromwich. 
•  is nearest to Forge Mill Farm (short 15 minute walk)
• A short nice walk through Dartmouth Park takes about 15 minutes to Sandwell Valley Visitor Centre from West Bromwich Town Centre Transport Hub. 
• Address is: Sandwell Valley Visitor Centre, Salters Lane, West Bromwich B71 4BG
• This is also the location for the Adventure Playground, Sandwell Valley Showground, Sandwell Valley Amusements, High Ropes, and, Sandwell Valley Golf and Cycle Hire 

There are seven car parks located across the site with parking charges from as little as 40p. One ticket covers all Sandwell Valley Country Park car parks, so once you have paid and displayed you can move your vehicle to another car park and not have to pay again (Eg if you are visiting both the Visitor Centre and Forge Mill).

Charges apply between 9am and 6pm every day in summer (when British Summer Time is in force) and between 9.30am and 3pm every day in winter (when Greenwich Mean Time is in force). Outside of these times there is no charge for parking.

• Sandwell Valley Visitor Centre Main car park, Pavilion car park and overflow car parks
  Lodge Hill Road, via Salter’s lane B71 4BG.
• Dartmouth Park car park
  Lodge Hill Road, via Salter’s lane B71 4BG.
• Forge Mill Farm & Lake car park
  Forge Lane, B71 3SZ
• Swan Pool car park
  Park Lane, B71 3SZ

We welcome group visiting by coach and there is coach parking available at the Main Sandwell Valley car park, Pavilion car park, Forge Mill car park and Swan Pool car park.

Sandwell Valley is located a short walk from West Bromwich Town centre. West Bromwich Central is the nearest metro station linking the town from the centre of Birmingham and Dudley and Wolverhampton.

There is access to the Country Park by bus using Bus routes 4,5,16,40,45 and 46.

The park has a large number of flat paved routes and flat gradients suitable for wheelchairs, pushchairs, walking aids and for those with limited mobility. These include routes around the Showground, around Swan Pool, the path from Swan Pool alongside the M5 motorway and the top of Dartmouth Park. There are steep but paved inclines in Dartmouth Park heading towards the Pavilion car park and Dartmouth pool and on the entrance road to Sandwell Valley heading towards the Visitor Centre. Paths around Sot’s Hole towards the M5 can become uneven and muddy in inclement weather along with some paths around the Priory Ruins. Disabled car parking is available at all car parks.

There are disabled toilets at Dartmouth Park (radar key access), The Pavilion car park, the Visitor Centre and Forge Mill. There are also Changing Places located at Forge Mill and the Pavilion car park.

At Forge Mill Farm there are sometimes loud noises and moving machinery.

There are rest benches placed at regular intervals through the park and there are a small number of accessible picnic benches based near the Visitor Centre and at Forge Mill.

The historic Courtyard at the Visitor Centre has a bricked surface which is uneven in places. The paths around the Victorian Garden are gravel and is the farm trail at Forge Mill.