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Thanks! I'm mostly a general knowledge rather than a cryptic crossword man - I'd got as far as Berkeley Square with the nightingale clue, but no further. As with all the best clues, once they're explained they all make perfect sense...
(Edit: I think I've worked out where the new tag is, but it's a bit far for me from the actual Midlands...)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Park
Technically it’s outside of the Malaysian red line. - Middlesex Uni campus was owned by a Malaysian institution before being acquired for redevelopment
However in the vicinity you will find references to King Arthur
Nightingales
and WW2 German pilots.
Look up (go north) and seek out the mid land river
Midland river = River Trent
Perhaps my brain just works in funny ways; but I thought with some cryptic clues and Google then you may be able to narrow down the location of the anonymous obilisk