The lake was created as a balancing feature in times of flooding from the River Cole which is located nearby.
Nearby Sarehole Mill and the surrounding area on the River Cole is said to have been inspiration for Tolkien's writings.
The River Cole, Wiltshire, England, which flows through Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, where it forms the border
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The River Cole, West Midlands, England, which flows directly through Birmingham
Crossing Slade Lane at a ford, the 'slade' is the Cole's black siltted boggy valley, it begins a journey through the seven kilometres, between Yardley Wood and Small Heath of the Shire Country Park.
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Passing under Hay Mills bridge it crosses the A45, Coventry Road and from here eleven kilometres of the river and the Cole Valley are protected by the Kingfisher Country Park.
It consists of Millstream Way following the course of the River Cole from Yardley Wood to Small Heath and includes the following sites: Scribers Lane SINC, Trittiford Mill Pool, The Dingles, Chinn Brook Recreation Ground, Sarehole Mill Recreation Ground, Moseley Bog LNR, Burbury Brickworks, The John Morris Jones Walkway, Cocksmoor BMX.
He moved to Hay Mill, a disused blade and sword factory at a water mill on the River Cole, rebuilding it as a steam-driven mill.
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