B4 6AR

NEIGHBOURHOOD REPORT

B4 6AR - Newtown

Newtown, also referred to as Aston New Town, is an inner city area to the north of Birmingham city centre, England and an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council.

Newtown is centred on New Town Row, a section of the A34 road, which runs from Birmingham city centre through north-west Birmingham into Walsall; and part of the ring-road around the centre of the city, the A4540. Newtown ward is bordered by the Jewellery Quarter, the Gun Quarter and the University of Aston to the south; to the west is Hockley and the Hockley Flyover, to the north west, Lozells, to the north lies Birchfield and to the north east is Aston.

Points of interest include The Bartons Arms, an historic pub; Aston Hippodrome, a defunct theatre; The Elbow Room, a nightclub; and The Drum Arts Centre.

As of May 2018, Newtown ward is served by one Labour councillor; Ziaul Islam." [1]

Situated in local authority Ladywood, Newtown is classed as urban with major conurbation. Nearest towns are Birmingham (1 miles away), Smethwick (3 miles away), Oldbury (4 miles away), with the capital city, London being 104 miles away.

West Midlands

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county found in central England that was formed in 1974 from parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire and is made up of seven metropolitan boroughs: Walsall, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, the City of Wolverhampton, the City of Coventry and the City of Birmingham.

These cities offer plenty of excitement and the area has long had a reputation for industrial heritage, fantastic museums, new and exciting art galleries and a vibrant and entertaining nightlife.

In Dudley for example, there are attractions such as the Dudley Zoo or the Black Country Living Museum, and there is the Dudley Canal and Tunnel as well as the ruins of Dudley Castle and numerous beautiful churches (such as the Church of St. Edmund or the Church of St. James the Great).

There are beautiful churches to be found in Wolverhampton too, from St. Peter's Collegiate Church and St. Peter's Gardens to the Church of St. John.

Also worth a look are Wightwick Manor and Moseley Old Hall. However, the highlight of the West Midlands must surely be the city of Birmingham, a city that has cast off its reputation as an industrial, grim city and swapped manufacturing for culture, the arts and entertaining. This is a city of exquisite dining (particularly the curry) and fantastic nightlife, endless shopping and constant entertainment.

From the impressive National Exhibition Centre to the football at Villa Park, or from watching the cricket at Edgbaston, home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, to shopping in the stunning Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the space-age Selfridges Store, (designed using a weird 'skin' of 15,000 spun aluminium discs), one thing Birmingham knows how to do is entertain.

Where is it?

Location
Newtown

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Ward
Ladywood

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Local Authority
Birmingham

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Council

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Constituency

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County
West Midlands

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Region
West Midlands

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Country
England

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Classification
Urban with Major Conurbation

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Area Type
Metropolitan District

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ONS GSS ID
E00175681

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LSOADZ_NAME
Birmingham 138A

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Government ID
Birmingham 138

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Coordinates
52.483, -1.897

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Phone Code
(0121) xxx xxxx

Nearby Towns

Birmingham	0.9 mi
Smethwick	2.7 mi
Oldbury	4.4 mi
West Bromwich	5 mi
Coventry	17.5 mi
Leicester	34.1 mi
Cardiff	88.9 mi
London	104.1 mi
Edinburgh	244.6 mi