Hams Hall
Hams Hall is a place near
Hams Hall Estate
The Hams Hall Estate and what is modern day Saltley was owned by the Adderley family for over 262 years. The name of the estate was derived from the fact that the land lay in a great hook (ham) of the River Tame.[1]
As Birmingham and the
Following the death of Charles Adderley in 1905, the residual estate was put up for sale in 1911 to pay
Hams Hall Power Station
The City of Birmingham bought land at Hams Hall, and built an electricity generating station (Hams Hall A), from 1928.[3] Located north of Coleshill Parkway railway station, the location allowed easy access for coal supply trains from the London, Midland and Scottish Railway mainline. Built under the direction of Richard Alexander Chattock (1865–1936), Birmingham City Electrical Engineer.[4]
Two more stations (Hams Hall B and C) were later built on the site, reputedly the largest in Europe at the time of their construction. The city's electricity generating and supply functions were nationalised in the late 1940s.[4]
The
All three stations were closed and demolished in the 1990s. The land was cleared, on which was built Hams Hall Distribution Park, with only electrical sub-stations remaining.
Hams Hall Distribution Park
After the Hams Hall Power station site was cleared,
The 430 acres (1.7 km2) site includes road (M42) and rail access (through the Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal).[7]
In 2011 the site housed clients including
Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal
The Hams Hall Channel Tunnel Freight Terminal was opened 11 July 1997 by the then deputy prime minister John Prescott.[10][11] As of 2010 the site was one of the main international intermodal terminals in the UK.[12]
The site was originally operated by Parsec Europe Ltd.; in 2002 Associated British Ports acquired the site lease.[13]
The 11 acres (0.045 km2) terminal is sited on the southern edge of Hams Hall business park;[14] since 2004 it has had customs clearance to handle international traffic via the Channel Tunnel;[15] the site has storage for 6,000 TEU, and rail access is cleared to W10 vehicle gauge.[14] There are also regular daily flows from Felixstowe.[16] The area around Nuneaton and the Midlands has been referred to as the "Golden Triangle of Logistics".[17][18][19][20][21][22] Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal is in this Golden Triangle and one of the busiest intermodal terminals.[23][24][25]
See also
- Coleshill Parkway railway station opened 2007 close to the rail freight terminal, south of the main distribution park
References
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- ^ a b Electric Relief, J.P. Lethbridge, in Stand to (Journal of the Western Front Association), April 2007
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- ^ a b "Invest in North Warwickshire" (PDF). Warwickshire Investment Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ "BMW's Hams Hall, Living the values". The Manufacturer. September 2004.[dead link]
- ^ "ABB selects Hams Hall National Distribution Park as Midlands distribution hub". Midland Business News. 23 August 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
ABB has selected IM Properties' Hams Hall National Distribution Park to create a new Midlands Distribution Hub .. Hams Hall National Distribution Park includes an intermodal rail freight terminal ... with national and international occupiers including BMW, Sainsbury's, EXEL, Wincanton, DHL, Chubb and BEKO
- PowerGen via PR Newswire. 11 July 1997. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- RAIL(310). 30 July 1997.
- ISBN 9780749459352,
The main international terminals in the UK are: *Mossend, Glasgow; *Trafford Park, Manchester; *Seaforth Docks, Gartree (Liverpool); * Hams Hall, West Midlands; *Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, Daventry; *Doncaster International Railport, Doncaster; *Wakefield; *Willesden, London
- ^ "Hams Hall goes to ABP Connect". World Cargo News (WCN Publishing). April 2002. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Department of Transport. p. 5. Archived from the originalon 9 June 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ISBN 9780215541703.
- ^ "Port of Felixstowe Rail Information".
- ^ "The rise of the UK warehouse and the "golden logistics triangle"". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Bell, Torsten (24 April 2022). "New toaster late? It's all the fault of the Midlands' logistics golden triangle". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ISBN 978-3-8441-0118-8.
- ISBN 978-0-7494-7267-2.
- ISBN 978-0-10-178272-2.
- ^ Cade, Michelle (16 April 2018). "The Golden Triangle of Logistics · RCS Logistics". RCS Logistics. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- PowerGen via PR Newswire. 11 July 1997. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- RAIL(310). 30 July 1997.
- ISBN 9780749459352,
The main international terminals in the UK are: *Mossend, Glasgow; *Trafford Park, Manchester; *Seaforth Docks, Gartree (Liverpool); * Hams Hall, West Midlands; *Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, Daventry; *Doncaster International Railport, Doncaster; *Wakefield; *Willesden, London
Further reading
- Dunn, Pip (18 June – 1 July 1997). "A freight terminal for the future". OCLC 49953699.
- "Hams Hall site already half full after only nine months". OCLC 49953699.
External links
- "Associated British Ports - Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal - Birmingham". ABP. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- "Hams Hall Environmental Studies Centre". E.ON. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2013.