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Oldbury is a market town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England.It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 13,606, [2] while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488. [3]
M5 Junction 2 is accessible at Oldbury on the A4123 Wolverhampton Road (Harborne to Wolverhampton) at Birchley Island. Another major road passing through Smethwick is the A456 (Hagley Road) from Birmingham to Halesowen, Kidderminster and Ludlow, which passes through Bearwood, along Lightwoods Park.
A 30-year-old woman died in hospital from her injuries the next day, [28] and a 19-year-old woman died in hospital from her injuries two days later, [29] as did a 20-year-old woman. [30] A 20-year-old man in a neighbouring house was also injured as a result of the explosion and died in hospital the next day. [ 31 ]
A 1958 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation memo [citation needed] suggested basing motorway numbers on the existing A road numbering scheme, suggesting that "M5" would be either the section of the London-Doncaster motorway (now the M1) south of Birmingham or the spur from it to Birmingham (now part of the M6), and that the Birmingham to ...
The Cube is a 24-storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, England.Designed by Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects, it contains 244 flats, 111,500 square feet (10,359 m 2) of offices, shops, a hotel and a 'skyline' restaurant.
On the ground floor is a pub and a restaurant. It was bought by the Jurys Inns hotel chain in 2001 for £42 million and renamed Jurys Inn Birmingham. [8] In April 2022, the Fattal Hotel Group announced that all Jurys Inn Hotels would be rebranded as Leonardo Hotels. [9] The hotel was renamed Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham on 19 December 2022. [10]
Brandhall is a suburb of Oldbury in the south of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, bordering Birmingham and Halesowen.The development of the area commenced during the 1930s with the construction of several hundred private houses along the Hagley Road and Wolverhampton Road, as well as several side roads leading off the main dual carriageways.
By the Gains of Industry - Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery 1885-1985. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. ISBN 0-7093-0131-6. Fairclough, Oliver (1987). Aston Hall: A General Guide. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. ISBN 0-7093-0147-2. Fairclough, Oliver (1984). Grand Old Mansion: The Holtes and their Successors at Aston Hall, 1618-1864 ...