Kings Norton
Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands, England.
Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council ward within the borough of Birmingham. The district lies 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-southwest of Birmingham city centre and is within 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of the north Worcestershire border. Kings Norton has been split into two wards, Kings Norton North and Kings Norton South.
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Worth seeing in and around Kings Norton
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.
- 01Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre is a Quaker community and educational organization, offering online courses and worship, Master's degrees through the University of Birmingham, and in-person retreats and events in various venues. It was formerly based at a conference facility in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England, which closed in 2023.
3 km · Quaker college in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England · Wikipedia - 02St Lazar's Church, Bournville
Saint Prince Lazar Serbian Orthodox Church, also known as Lazarica is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Bournville, Birmingham, England. It is under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Britain and Ireland of the Serbian Orthodox Church and is dedicated to Lazar of Serbia.
2.7 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Selly Oak Elim Church
Encounter Church formerly known as Selly Oak Elim Church and formerly St Wulstan's is a parish church of the Church of England in the Bournbrook district of Birmingham, but which is now an Elim Pentecostal Church.
3.9 km · church at Selly Oak, Birmingham, England · Wikipedia - 04St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham
The Catholic Church of St Edward, Selly Park, Birmingham is a Roman Catholic parish located in Selly Park in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
3.7 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Gas Street Longbridge
St John the Baptist's Church, Longbridge is a parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.
3.5 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Our Lady and St Brigid's Church, Northfield
The Church of Our Lady and St Brigid Northfield is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Northfield, Birmingham.
3.4 km · church in Northfield, Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Nicolas' Church, Kings Norton
St Nicolas' Church, Kings Norton, is the Anglican parish church of Kings Norton, in the Diocese of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
200 m · church in Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima
The Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle is a Roman Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
4 km · church in the Weoley Castle area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Laurence's Church, Northfield
St. Laurence's Church, Northfield is a parish church in the Church of England in Northfield, Birmingham.
2.6 km · church in Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Selly Manor Museum
Selly Manor is a timber-framed building in Bournville, that was moved to its current site in 1916 by chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist George Cadbury. Together with the adjacent Minworth Greaves, it is operated as Selly Manor Museum by Bournville Village Trust as a heritage site, community museum and as a venue for functions including weddings, for which it is licensed.
2.7 km · 14th-century building and museum in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kings Norton
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 13 km · East Midlands (EMA), 62 km · Manchester (MAN), 107 km
- Stations
- Selly Oak railway station, 3.8 km · Bournville railway station, 2.2 km · Longbridge railway station, 3.8 km · Northfield railway station, 2.5 km · Kings Norton railway station, 800 m
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Kings Norton41 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £5–6
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Kings Norton121 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £13–17
- London → Kings Norton135 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £15–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kings Norton
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 Kings Norton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Kings Norton
Kings Norton is 8 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bournvilledistrict of Birmingham, England2.6 km
- Longbridgearea of Birmingham, England3.8 km
- Hollywoodvillage in Worcestershire, UK3.8 km
- Kings Heathsuburb of Birmingham, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Warstocksuburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England3.9 km
- West Heathsuburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom2.4 km