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The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area, [2] is a group of 79 postcode districts in central England, within 15 post towns. These cover the central portion of the West Midlands (including Birmingham, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Smethwick, Solihull, Halesowen, Cradley Heath, Oldbury and Rowley Regis), plus northeast Worcestershire (including Bromsgrove and Redditch ...
Edgbaston ward is a local government district, one of 40 wards that make up Birmingham City Council. Edgbaston lies to the south west of Birmingham city centre and is home to the University of Birmingham and the Queen Elizabeth hospital. The ward population at the 2011 census was 24,426. [2]
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) [9] [10] is a public research university in Birmingham, England.It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery), and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English civic or 'red brick ...
As a general rule, the central part of the town/city the postcode area is named after will have the number 1 e.g. B1 (central Birmingham) – but there a limited number of postcode areas that start 0 or 10, e.g. SL0 and AB10.
Birmingham was the terminus for both of the world's first two long-distance railway lines: the 82-mile (132 km) Grand Junction Railway of 1837 and the 112-mile (180 km) London and Birmingham Railway of 1838. [87] Birmingham schoolteacher Rowland Hill invented the postage stamp and created the first modern universal postal system in 1839. [88]
This is a list of UCAS institutions.The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service manages higher education applications in the UK. [1]Each institution has a code for use in the application process.
It is located in grounds in the conservation area of Edgbaston, Birmingham, [1] and is a grade II listed building. [2] The name 'University House' was originally given to a rented building on Hagley Road in 1904. The present building was constructed in 1908 as a residence for female students at the university.
University College Birmingham is a university in Birmingham, England. It was awarded full university status in 2012 along with Newman University. [3] It is not a member of Universities UK. [4] The university was awarded 'University of the Year' in the 2022 WhatUni Student Choice Awards, [5] as well as coming first in the 'Student Support ...