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Ladywood

Ladywood is an inner-city district next to central Birmingham.

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The place

Ladywood is an inner-city district next to central Birmingham. It was historically in Warwickshire. In June 2004, Birmingham City Council conducted a citywide "Ward Boundary Revision" which increased the number of Birmingham wards from 39 to 40. In that review, Ladywood Ward's boundaries were expanded to include the neighbouring areas of Hockley, Lee Bank and Birmingham city centre.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ladywood

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.

  1. 01
    University 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 km · university in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St 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.

    3.4 km · football stadium in the Bordesley district of Birmingham · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Aston 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.

    2.2 km · university in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Birmingham 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.

    1.1 km · museum and art gallery in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Arena Birmingham

    Utilita Arena Birmingham is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group.

    500 m · indoor sports arena in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St 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.

    1.4 km · cathedral in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Library 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.

    800 m · public library in Birmingham, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St 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.

    1.3 km · Church of England church in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Edgbaston Cricket Ground

    Edgbaston Cricket Ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England, is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Edgbaston has also been the venue for Test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.

    2.5 km · cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Birmingham Central Mosque

    Birmingham Central Mosque, is a mosque in the Highgate area of Birmingham, England, run by the Birmingham Mosque Trust. The organization, 'Muslims in Britain’ classify the Birmingham Central Mosque as, nonsectarian.

    2.2 km · mosque in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Ladywood

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 12 km · East Midlands (EMA), 56 km · Manchester (MAN), 100 km
Stations
Birmingham New Street railway station, 1.3 km · Birmingham Moor Street railway station, 1.8 km · Birmingham Snow Hill station, 1.5 km · Jewellery Quarter railway station, 1.6 km · Five Ways railway station, 700 m
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Ladywood
    74 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £8–10
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Ladywood
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–17
  • London → Ladywood
    164 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £17–23
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ladywood

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 Ladywood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inHolyhead's ferry port ensures that the north of Wales is well connected with the whole West Midlands.

From Wikivoyage: West Midlands (county), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    203 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    238 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    404 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    440 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    464 km

If you know how people move in Ladywood – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Ladywood

Ladywood is 1 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Birminghamcity in the West Midlands, England1.1 km
  • Smethwicktown in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, England3.9 km
  • Astonarea within the city of Birmingham, England, UK3.7 km
  • Edgbastonarea in the city of Birmingham, England2 km
  • Bull Ringcommercial area of Birmingham, England1.6 km
  • Hockleyinner-city district in the city of Birmingham, England1.5 km