At the heart of the £lbn regeneration of the former car factory site in Longbridge, West Midlands, is a new park with the River Rea running through it. When Austin Park - named after the Austin Motor Company which first occupied the site in 1905 (see box) - opens to the public this summer, it will mark a rebirth of the area. For more than 100 years, this river has been buried and, along with the surrounding ground, suffered extensively from pollution from the car factory which extended across the site.
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