About the town » Great Barr, Sandwell, England, Great Britain

Great Barr is a large and loosely defined area in north-west Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The area was historically in Staffordshire, and the parts now in Birmingham were once known as Perry Barr, which is still the name of an adjacent Birmingham district. "Barr" means "hill", and the name refers to nearby Barr Beacon.