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The Selfridges Building is a landmark building in Birmingham, England. The building is part of the Bullring Shopping Centre and houses Selfridges Department Store. The building was completed in 2003 at a cost of £60 million [1] and designed by the architecture firm Future Systems. It has a steel framework with sprayed concrete facade. [2]
The Bull Ring is a major shopping area in central Birmingham, England, consisting of open-air and indoor market stalls as well as a large indoor shopping centre.The Bull Ring has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held, developing into its main market when the town grew into an industrial city.
Purpose-built park and ride sites generally consist of a car park and adjacent bus-boarding facility within walking distance. Large sites may feature covered multi-story parking, and covered waiting areas or passenger facilities akin to a small bus station. Bigger car parks may feature more than one bus stop to limit the distance users have to ...
Other Selfridges stores opened in the Manchester area at the Trafford Centre (1998) and at Exchange Square (2002), and in Birmingham at the Bullring (2003). During the 1940s, smaller provincial Selfridges stores were sold to the John Lewis Partnership , and in 1951, the original Oxford Street store was acquired by the Liverpool -based Lewis's ...
Birmingham has the highest proportion of rail commuters in England outside London. [13] In the past few decades the proportion of journeys into central Birmingham by rail has grown sharply: 27% of journeys into Birmingham city centre in the peak hours were made by rail in 2012, compared to 17% in 2001, and 12% in 1991. [14] [15]
The Big City Plan is a major development plan for the city centre of Birmingham, England. Stage 2 of the Big City Plan, the City Centre Masterplan was launched on 29 September 2010. This masterplan sets out how the city centre of Birmingham will be improved over the next 20 years.
The City Flyer ride in Centenery Square dropped to the ground level ‘whilst in operation’ Two women hospitalised after fairground ride ‘failed and crashed’ in Birmingham city centre Skip ...
Moor Street station in 1915, from end of the platform, looking back towards the city centre, with the goods shed to the left. A local train waits at the terminus platforms in 1975. It was a terminus for local trains from Leamington Spa , and local trains from Stratford-upon-Avon via the recently opened North Warwickshire Line .