Shard End
Shard End is an area in East Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands, England.
Shard End is an area in East Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is part of a wider eponymous ward within the formal district of Hodge Hill. Shard End borders Castle Bromwich to the north and Kingshurst to the east, which are both situated in the northwestern part of the neighbouring Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. The wider ward had a population of 7,423 at the 2021 census. Before 1974, Shard End was in Northwestern Warwickshire, close to the border with Worcestershire; it was also part of Birmingham for some years before the county change.
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Worth seeing in and around Shard End
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.
- 01St 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.
6.7 km · football stadium in the Bordesley district of Birmingham · Wikipedia - 02Aston 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.
7.8 km · university in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 03Birmingham 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.
8.9 km · museum and art gallery in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 04Arena Birmingham
Utilita Arena Birmingham is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group.
9.6 km · indoor sports arena in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05St 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.
8.5 km · cathedral in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Library 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.
9.2 km · public library in Birmingham, England · Wikipedia - 07Alexander Stadium
Alexander Stadium is an athletics stadium in Perry Barr, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is the largest athletics stadium in the United Kingdom.
9.6 km · stadium in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 08St 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.
8.9 km · Church of England church in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 09Edgbaston 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.
9.7 km · cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England · Wikipedia - 10Birmingham 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.
8.6 km · mosque in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shard End
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 5 km · East Midlands (EMA), 48 km · Manchester (MAN), 101 km
- Stations
- Birmingham Airport, 5.1 km · Birmingham New Street railway station, 8.6 km · Birmingham Moor Street railway station, 8.1 km · Birmingham Snow Hill station, 8.5 km · Birmingham International railway station, 6.1 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Shard End66 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £6–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Shard End114 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–17
- London → Shard End157 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £16–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shard End
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 Shard End. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHolyhead's ferry port ensures that the north of Wales is well connected with the whole West Midlands.
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Next door to Shard End
Shard End is 9 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Birminghamcity in the West Midlands, England8.8 km
- Solihulltown in the West Midlands of England9.3 km
- Sutton Coldfieldtown, suburb of Birmingham, England8.1 km
- Coleshilltown in Warwickshire, England, UK4.6 km
- Astonarea within the city of Birmingham, England, UK7.1 km
- Marston Greenvillage in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK4.2 km