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Dovecote in the grounds of Moseley Hall Hospital - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

The Dovecote can be seen from the Alcester Road in Moseley. Now within the grounds of Moseley Hall Hospital. It dates to the 18th century.

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Former Cow House in the grounds of Moseley Hall Hospital - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

A small red brick building facing the Alcester Road in Moseley, it was formerly a cow house in the grounds of Moseley Hall Hospital. Now used by members of the Moseley Society and friends.

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The Old Hall at Moseley Hall Hospital - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

Moseley Hall was built around 1790. A century later it was the home of Richard Cadbury, who gave it to the City to be a Children's Home in 1890. Now part of Moseley Hall Hospital.

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Passions: History & heritage, Health & wellbeing, Classic Architecture
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West Midlands Police Museum - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

The West Midlands Police Museum opened in the former Lock Up of Steelhouse Lane Police Station from 2020. The police station next door closed around 2017.

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Kings Norton Community Fire Station - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

Kings Norton Community Fire Station is located at the top of Pershore Road South in Cotteridge, opposite the railway station. It was built in 1930.

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Passions: History & heritage, Civic pride, Classic Architecture
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The Button Works, 80 Great Hampton Street, JQ - Placemaking with Community

The Button Works, a historic Grade II* listed Birmingham gem dating back to 1872, is to be sensitively repurposed and restored to deliver 29 residential apartments.

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Passions: Construction & regeneration, Classic Architecture
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35fl Cambrian Wharf, Brindley Drive PBSA - Construction with Community

Cambrian Wharf is an inclusive new student community of 1,205 bed spaces at the heart of University College Birmingham’s (UCB) city campus.

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Passions: Construction & regeneration
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131 High Street, Deritend, Birmingham, UK - Placemaking with Community

The J&S Motorcycles building is to be transformed into a residential community containing 136 apartments across a new seven-storey.

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92 New Street, A Birmingham Gem - Construction with Community

This prominently placed property, built between 1865-69 to become a Victorian Masonic Halls, is to be given a much-needed facelift.

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Winson Green Junction

Winson Green Junction is where the Soho Loop of the BCN Old Mainline joins to the straighter BCN New Mainline canal. The Soho EMU Depot is nearby, and you can see the trains from the bridges.

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Passions: History & heritage, Rivers, lakes & canals
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Smethwick Junction

Smethwick Junction is a must visit location for followers of history and heritage.  It is to be found on the Birmingham mainline canal between Birmingham and Sandwell. 

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The Coronation of King Charles III & Queen Camilla in the West Midlands

King Charles III & Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday 6th May 2023. In the West Midlands, Union Jack flags, and bunting etc have gone up everywhere.

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Passions: History & heritage, People & community
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Volume Works Phase I, II and III - Cliveland Street, Birmingham - Placemaking with Community

This is Volume Works' transformation of the Gunsmith Quarter.

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Spring Hill Library - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

Spring Hill Library was built in 1893 by Martin & Chamberlain. A Grade II* listed building. It is now next to a Tesco supermarket. Between Spring Hill and Icknield Street.

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Passions: History & heritage, Education, Classic Architecture
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New Testament Church of God The Rock, Spring Hill - Culture, history & faith

On George Street West in Spring Hill, Birmingham is what was St Peter's Church, built in 1902, but is now the New Testament Church of God The Rock.

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The School Yard, Harborne - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

A former girls school in Harborne, Birmingham, on the High Street and York Street. Dates to 1885 by the famed architects Martin & Chamberlain. Now restaurants and cafes.

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Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley - Culture, history and faith

Shree Hindu Community Centre is on the Warwick Road, at the corner of Medina Road in Tyseley, Birmingham. Originally built as a Methodist Church in 1909-10, rebuilt into Hindu temple 2020-22.

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Goods Station, Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham - Placemaking with Community

Vita Group has launched one of a series of upcoming consultations on its masterplan for Goods Station on the former Axis site.

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Century Buildings, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham - Placemaking with Community

Century Buildings, a collection of Grade II* listed Georgian buildings dating back to 1820, is to be brought back to life.

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Digbeth Loc. Studios - Media Cluster

Digbeth Loc. Studios is to become a premier production centre, where TV and movies on an international scale will be made.

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Introducing 'Birmingham Innovation Quarter (B-IQ)' in Birmingham

Birmingham Innovation Quarter (B-IQ) aims to create a new world-class cluster within the city’s Knowledge Quarter.

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Former Goods Yard, 62-70 Pershore Street, Birmingham - Placemaking with Community

Phase 1 of The Arcadian redevelopment proposes a staggered 15-storey, 238-bed tower

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Terpischore statue fountain at Bournville

A bronze statue called Terpischore by William Bloye, dating to 1932. Near the Bournville Cricket Ground and the Cadbury chocolate factory in Bournville, Birmingham.

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Cadbury Club Lodge - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

A brown brick lodge built in 1895 by A. P. Walker. Located on Bournville Lane in Bournville, Birmingham. The Cadbury Club was located behind (until it was destroyed by a fire and demolished).

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No 1 Lodge at Cadbury - A Birmingham & West Midlands Gem!

The building known as No 1 Lodge is located on Bournville Lane in Bournville and is part of the Cadbury chocolate factory. It was built in 1899 as offices for directors of Cadbury Bros.

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