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Known as the Hagley Road in Birmingham, the A456 is a main road in England running between Central Birmingham and Woofferton, Shropshire, south of Ludlow.Some sections of the route, for example Edgbaston near Bearwood, are also the route of the Elan Aqueduct which carries Birmingham's water supply from the Elan Valley.
A 1307 document refers to "Parc de Rotton juxta [near] Birmingham". [2] In 1826, Thomas Telford built Edgbaston Reservoir , then known as Rotton Park Reservoir, by damming a small stream. Local land agent John Chesshire built a large house for the wealthy banker Samuel Jones Lloyd , Lord Overstone in the 1850s.
Five Ways is an area of Central Birmingham, England. It takes its name from a major road junction, now a busy roundabout (with pedestrian subways through a traffic island) to the south-west of the city centre which lies at the outward end of Broad Street, where the Birmingham Middle ring road crosses the start of the A456 (Hagley Road).
The bandstand and other features have the Birmingham City crest with the motto, "Birmingham Forward" in recognition of the ownership of the park by Birmingham City Corporation. in 1971, Lightwoods House was converted into studios and offices for Hardman company, which made stained glass windows, they vacated in 2008. In 2010, by agreement ...
Hagley had a cattle market by 1600, located just south of the road junction between the Hagley road [to Stourbridge] (A491) and the Birmingham road (A456). This was extended in both the 18th and 19th centuries and was served by the railway until the market closed in the 1960s.
The A456 continues as Hagley Road West towards Birmingham city centre. The A458 to Halesowen via Mucklow Hill begins at the Quinton traffic island. A short section of the A4123, enters Quinton as Wolverhampton Road South and bears east along Court Oak Road towards Harborne. West Boulevard used to terminate at Quinton Road West but was extended ...
Metropolitan House, also known as 1 Hagley Road, is a commercial building that has been developed into apartments in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the A456 Hagley Road at Five Ways . It was designed by John Madin .
Buses on the Hagley Road showcase bus route use layby bus stops on Hagley Road, adjacent to or opposite the bus station. The nearest bus stops for the No 11 bus route (Birmingham's outer circle) are on Lordswood Road, just south of Hagley Road, or about 100 yards up Bearwood Road.