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Witton railway station

Witton railway station, opened in 1876, serves the Witton area of the city of Birmingham, England.

Witton railway station
Witton railway station · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Witton railway station, opened in 1876, serves the Witton area of the city of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Chase Line, part of the former Grand Junction Railway which opened in 1837. The line was electrified in 1966, as part of the London Midland Region's electrification programme; the line from Coventry to Walsall was energised on 15 August 1966. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Witton railway station

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
    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.

    2.9 km · university in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    3.8 km · museum and art gallery in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    3.6 km · cathedral in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    4 km · public library in Birmingham, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    3.3 km · Church of England church in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Alexander Stadium

    Alexander Stadium is an athletics stadium in Perry Barr, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is the largest athletics stadium in the United Kingdom.

    2.5 km · stadium in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    West Midlands Metro

    The West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England. The network has 35 stops with a total of 14.9 miles of track; it currently consists of a single route, Line 1, which operates between two termini in the city of Birmingham and two in the city of Wolverhampton via the towns of Bilston, Wednesbury and West Bromwich, on a mixture of former railway lines and urban on-street running.

    3.8 km · light rail system in the West Midlands, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Back to the Beginning

    Back to the Beginning was a one-off benefit concert by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, with a number of supporting artists. It took place on 5 July 2025 at Villa Park in Aston, Birmingham, England, near to where the band was formed in 1968.

    300 m · 2025 Black Sabbath concert · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Birmingham Town Hall

    Birmingham Town Hall is a concert hall and venue for popular assemblies opened in 1834 and situated in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

    3.9 km · concert hall in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St Chad's Cathedral

    The Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of Saint Chad is a Catholic cathedral in Birmingham, England. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia.

    3.1 km · Catholic cathedral in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · 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 Witton railway station

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 11 km · East Midlands (EMA), 52 km · Manchester (MAN), 97 km
Stations
Birmingham New Street railway station, 4 km · Birmingham Moor Street railway station, 3.8 km · Birmingham Snow Hill station, 3.3 km · Jewellery Quarter railway station, 3.2 km · Gravelly Hill railway station, 2.1 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Witton railway station
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–15
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Witton railway station
    30 km · quickest by road, 58 min · £3.5–4.5
  • Liverpool → Witton railway station
    36 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £4–6
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Witton railway station

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 Witton railway station. 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

    207 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    242 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    401 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    438 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    462 km

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Around it

Next door to Witton railway station

Witton railway station is 4 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Birminghamcity in the West Midlands, England3.8 km
  • Astonarea within the city of Birmingham, England, UK1.4 km
  • Erdingtonsuburb of Birmingham, England, UK3.3 km
  • Bull Ringcommercial area of Birmingham, England3.9 km
  • Hockleyinner-city district in the city of Birmingham, England3.3 km
  • Perry Barrsuburb in Birmingham, England, UK2 km