Sarehole is an area in Birmingham, England (formerly a village in Warwickshire).

J. R. R. Tolkien lived there as a child, and the area influenced the description of the green and peaceful country of Shire in his books. The nearby Moseley Bog (now a nature reserve) was probably the inspiration for the Old Forest.

Sarehole Mill is a water- driven corn mill, now a museum.

External links

• Sarehole and the proposed park (http://www.tolkiensociety.org/t_park/)
• Tolkien's Birmingham (http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/tolkien)
• Tolkien's Birmingham - Sarehole Mill pictures (http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/sarehole.htm)
• Tolkien's Birmingham - Tolkien Trail including the Moseley Bog (http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/tolkien.htm)