Birmingham Blitz
The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing by the Nazi German Luftwaffe of the city of Birmingham and surrounding towns in central England, beginning on 9 August 1940 as a fraction of the greater Blitz, which was part of the Battle of Britain; and ending on 23 April 1943.
The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing by the Nazi German Luftwaffe of the city of Birmingham and surrounding towns in central England, beginning on 9 August 1940 as a fraction of the greater Blitz, which was part of the Battle of Britain; and ending on 23 April 1943. Situated in the Midlands, Birmingham, the most populous British city outside London, was considered an important industrial and manufacturing location. Around 1,852 tons of bombs were dropped on Birmingham, making it the third most heavily bombed city in the United Kingdom in the Second World War, behind London and Liverpool.
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Worth seeing in and around Birmingham Blitz
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham, and Mason Science College, making it the first English redbrick university to receive its own royal charter, and the first English unitary university.
3.8 km · university in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, in the Black Country borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 27,087. It has been the home of Championship club West Bromwich Albion since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club.
5.3 km · football stadium in West Bromwich, Sandwell, England · Wikipedia - 03St Andrew's
St Andrew's, known since 2024 for sponsorship reasons as St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, is an association football stadium in the Bordesley district of Birmingham, England.
2.4 km · football stadium in the Bordesley district of Birmingham · Wikipedia - 04Aston University
Aston University is a public university situated in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Aston began as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School in 1895, evolving into the UK's first college of advanced technology in 1956.
1.1 km · university in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 05Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history.
100 m · museum and art gallery in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 06Arena Birmingham
Utilita Arena Birmingham is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group.
800 m · indoor sports arena in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07St Philip's Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip, also called the Birmingham Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. Built as a parish church in the Baroque style by Thomas Archer, it was consecrated in 1715.
300 m · cathedral in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Library of Birmingham
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House.
400 m · public library in Birmingham, England · Wikipedia - 09St Paul's Church
St Paul's is a Church of England church in the Georgian St Paul's Square in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England.
600 m · Church of England church in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 10Alexander Stadium
Alexander Stadium is an athletics stadium in Perry Barr, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is the largest athletics stadium in the United Kingdom.
5.6 km · stadium in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Birmingham Blitz
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 11 km · East Midlands (EMA), 55 km · Manchester (MAN), 100 km
- Stations
- Birmingham New Street railway station, 400 m · Birmingham Moor Street railway station, 800 m · Birmingham Snow Hill station, 500 m · Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station, 5.8 km · Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station, 5 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Birmingham Blitz65 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Birmingham Blitz109 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £13–17
- London → Birmingham Blitz163 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £17–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Birmingham Blitz
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Birmingham Blitz. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Birmingham Blitz
- Sandwellmetropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England8.3 km
- Smethwicktown in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, England4.7 km
- Oldburytown in the West Midlands in England8.2 km
- Astonarea within the city of Birmingham, England, UK2.7 km
- Edgbastonarea in the city of Birmingham, England2.7 km
- Blackheathtown in Sandwell, West Midlands, United Kingdom9.1 km