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The former offices of the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, built 1931-2 at 50 Sheepcote Street. Near Essington Street. Brasshouse Languages was here from 1985 to 2016.
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The Manor House on the Solihull High Street was built in 1495 by the Greswold family. It was saved by public subscription in 1945. The house is a Grade II* listed building.
116 - 120 High Street in Solihull is a timber-framed Tudor, Grade II listed building dating from 1571 with changes in 1845 and 1924. Now part of the Touchwood shopping centre.
All Saints Church is the parish church of Kings Heath located near Kings Heath Village Square and the Kings Heath High Street. It dates to 1859-60, and is Grade II listed.
A series of Peaky Blinders paintings based on all six series of the hit BBC TV series, have been installed on the Hill Street Wall near Birmingham New Street Station. Artist Jon Jones.
Cass Art opened up there Birmingham art supplies shop on Corporation Street back in 2016. There moto is "Let's fill this town with artists". They were est in 1984.
Theatre Square (formerly Library Square) is outside of the Touchwood Shopping Centre and The Core Theatre & Library in Solihull (formerly Solihull Arts Complex and Central Library).
There is a bronze statue on a ledge on Charlotte Street in the Jewellery Quarter, close to St Paul's Square. Depicting a Peaky Blinder like in the BBC TV series. It was made in 2019.
Mell Square is the main shopping square in Solihull Town Centre. Named after the Town Clerk (1946-65), William Maurice Mell (1908-65) in his honour in 1966. Square refurbished in 1980s.
Brunswick Square is the lesser known of the three public squares at Brindleyplace in Westside, Birmingham. It is near Five and Eleven Brindleyplace and Hilton Garden Inn.
The Colmore Row entrance to Birmingham Snow Hill Station now has it's very own Station Square. In 2021-22 part of Colmore Row was redesigned, extending the square towards the GWA.
Kings Norton Station is on the Cross City Line near Cotteridge. Only platform 1 and 4 in use. The Camp Hill Line joins near the station. The station originally opened in 1849.
Northfield Station is on the Cross City Line in South West Birmingham. Two platforms in use. Island platform in the middle unused (apart from a sculpture). Originally opened in 1870.
Longbridge Station is on the Cross City Line in South West Birmingham. Close to Longbridge Town Centre on Longbridge Lane. Opened 1978. Station building at Longbridge Lane rebuilt in 2018-19.
Four Oaks Station is on the Cross City Line, north of Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. The station opened in 1884. It is the northern terminus for trains that don't go to Lichfield.
Gravelly Hill Station is on the Cross City Line and is between Aston and Erdington. It is the first station after passing under Spaghetti Junction and the M6 motorway.
Erdington Station is on the Cross City Line in north Birmingham. First opened in 1862. It is close to the Erdington High Street. Frequent trains between Lichfield and Redditch via New Street.
Chester Road Station is in Erdington, south of Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, part of the Cross City Line. It originally opened here in 1862. Close to Wylde Green and Pype Hayes.
Selly Oak Station is on the Cross City Line near the Bristol Road. The station originally opened in 1876, and has been part of the Cross City Line since 1978.
Bournville Station on the Cross City Line is the station to use for a visit to Cadbury World and Bournville Village. Opened back in 1876. It is next to the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Stechford Station is on the West Coast Mainline between Birmingham New Street and Coventry. The original station opened here in 1844. A new footbridge with lifts was opened in 2020.
Witton Station on the Chase Line is one of two railway stations that can be used by football fans travelling to Villa Park for an Aston Villa match. Station originally opened in 1876.
Aston Station serves both Villa Park for Aston Villa FC, as well as Aston Hall & Park. It is where the Chase and Cross City Line's split just before Spaghetti Junction. Opened 1837.
Blake Street Station is part of the Cross City Line in the Hill Hook area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. It is close to boundary of the West Midlands with Staffordshire. First opened 1884.
Adderley Park Station is on the West Coast Mainline between Birmingham New Street and Coventry. A station first opened here in 1860. Only one train an hour in both directions all week.
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