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Yardley Wood Bus Garage is on Yardley Wood Road and is home to the no 6 and 50 bus routes from National Express West Midlands. The garage was opened for Birmingham City Transport in 1938.
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Acocks Green Bus Garage is located on Fox Hollies Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham. The garage was opened in June 1928. Now run by National Express West Midlands and home of the 11A and 11C.
Christmas and the Festive Season in the City of Birmingham 2023. The same usual Frankfurt and Cathedral Square Christmas Markets and Ice Skate Birmingham plus other decorations.
Perry Hall Methodist Church is on the corner of Lavendon Road and Rocky Lane, near Hamstead and Perry Barr in Birmingham. Close to north entrance of Perry Hall Park.
Acocks Green Library is on Shirley Road in Acocks Green Village. Built in 1932 by architects J. P. Osborne and Sons. In the modernised Georgian style. War memorial outside.
A 16th century timber framed building, rebuilt at Cannon Hill Park in 1911. A Grade II listed building in a very poor state of repair, and fenced off. It may possibly get restored in future?
338 purpose-built student accommodation, in a mixture of cluster flats and studios, are to be delivered across derelict land in the ‘Gunsmith Quarter’.
This memorial sculpture was unveiled in November 2018, to remember the 21 people killed on the 21st November 1974 in two pub bombs on New Street. The sculpture is in 1000 Trades Square.
A 2017 steel and bronze sculpture by Luke Perry at Handsworth Park called SS Journey. Was part of the Handsworth Arts Trail. The figure based on local man Hector Pinkney MBE.
The Hockley Flyover murals also called the Climbing Wall is at Hockley Circus. Made in 1968 by William Mitchell, they have been Grade II listed since 2022.
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At Spitfire Island in Castle Vale near the Jaguar Land Rover Castle Bromwich plant is a steel sculpture called Sentinel made in the year 2000 by Tim Tolkien.
In Castle Vale, Birmingham is a Stainless steel sculpture by John McKenna called The Knight of the Vale. It was unveiled in 2002 by Sir Richard Knowles.
St Peter's Church near Highfield Road in Hall Green, Birmingham was built from 1961 to 1964 to the designs of Norman T Rider. Made of concrete. Was Grade II listed October 2023.
Clyde Street will see two new buildings of 10 and 34 storeys (107.8m), introducing 481 homes (55% affordable housing) and five commercial units to the site.
The Nicola Dixon Memorial was made in 2001 by artist John McKenna. A 17 year old girl murdered on New Years Eve 1996. Unveiled by her parents in 2001 in Sutton Coldfield.
Christ Church is on School Road in Yardley Wood, Birmingham. Close to the Stratford-on-Avon Canal. A Grade II listed building, built between 1848 and 1896.
St Michael's Church is located in Handsworth. A large sandstone church built in 1855 by architect W Bourne. A Grade II listed building. Spire added in 1868 in the Decorated style.
The Under the Sun sculpture is located in Handsworth on Soho Hill, on the corner with St Michael's Road. Made in 2010 by Saranjit Birdi.
This was originally Selly Park Hall, built in the early 19th century. Later called The Generalate. Now St Paul's Convent. At Kensington Road and Selly Park Road.
The Catholic Church of St Edward the Confessor is on Raddlebarn Road in Selly Park, Birmingham. Architect was H T Sandy, built in the Decorated Gothic style from 1902, completed 1930s.
Christ Church the Quinton is on Hagley Road West. The church was built in 1840, on land donated by George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton. The architect was Richard Hussey
St Mary's is a Roman Catholic Church on Vivian Road in Harborne, Birmingham. Built from 1875 to 1877. The building was blessed in 1911 by the Bishop of Birmingham Edward Ilsley.
Four Oaks Methodist Church was built from 1907 to 1908 by Crouch and Butler in mixed Perpendicular Gothic and Arts and Crafts style. It is close to Four Oaks Station.
St James's Church Hill is in Mere Green, near Four Oaks in Sutton Coldfield. Was the Parish of St James before 1853, then Parish of Hill after that year. Built 1854-5 and 1906-08.
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