Newtown, Birmingham
| Newtown | |
|---|---|
| Inner-city area and electoral ward | |
Scholefield Tower, Newtown | |
Newtown Location within the West Midlands | |
| OS grid reference | SP073882 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode district | B |
| Dialling code | 0121 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament |
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Newtown, Birmingham is an inner-city area north of Birmingham City Centre, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Newtown has connections to Birmingham’s music and cultural scene. It is a part of England's and an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council.[1]
Newtown is centred on New Town Row, a section of the A34 road, which runs from Birmingham City Centre through north-west Birmingham into Walsall; and part of the ring-road around the centre of the city, the A4540. Newtown ward is bordered by the Jewellery Quarter, the Gun Quarter and the University of Aston to the south; to the west is Hockley and the Hockley Flyover, to the north west, Lozells, to the north lies Birchfield and to the north east is Aston.
Notable residents
- Larry Wright (priest), former Rector of St George's Newtown
- Pelé Reid, British heavyweight born in Newtown
- Saido Berahino, from Burundi, moved to Newtown, aged 10
- Marnz Malone, from Jamaica, moved to Newtown, aged 2
Tower blocks
Existing
Name, (approved, built).
(Parts of some of the houses was approved after they were built)
- Hodgson Tower
- This 20-storey tower block on Guildford Drive stands as one of the largest remaining structures from the northern sector of the original master plan.
- Baldwin House (1965, 1968)
- Inkerman House (1966, 1965)
- Unique 15-storey block constructed directly on top of the Newtown Shopping Centre.
- Sadler House (1966, 1965)
- Fallows House (1965, 1968)
- James House (1966, 1965)
- Lloyd House (1966, 1965)
- Reynolds House (1966, 1969)
- Built as a 13-storey twin profile on Newbury Road with Manton House
- Thornton House (1965, 1968)
- Weston House (1965, 1968)
- Manton House (1966, 1969)
- Built as a 13-storey twin profile on Newbury Road with Reynolds House
- Holland House (1963, 1964)
- Bowater House (1963, 1964)
- Cadbury House (1963, 1964)
- Ryland House (1963, 1964)
- Teviot Tower (1960, 1962)
- Rea Tower (1960, 1962)
- Geach Tower (1963, 1965)
- Scholefield Tower (1963, 1965)
- Martineau Tower (1963, 1965).
Demolished
- Wiggin Tower
- Brooks Tower
- Clyde Tower
- Cornwall Tower
- Bower House
- Sayer House
- White House
- Hertford House
References
- ^ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 24 August 2020.