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unusual facts about Castle Vale


107.5 Switch Radio

107.5 Switch Radio launched in April 2010 and broadcasts from Castle Vale, Birmingham to a population of over 100,000 in the north east of the city.


Pype Hayes Hall

The history of the Manor of Pype is obscure, however it seems that the Manor was part of the dower of Dorothy Arden, daughter and co-heiress of Robert Arden of Berwood (now Castle Vale), on her marriage in about 1625 to Hervey Bagot, second son of Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet.


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107.5 Switch Radio

The station began life under its previous name, Vale FM, when it was formed by residents from the Castle Vale estate in north east Birmingham in 1995.