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Bordesley
Bordesley is an area of east Birmingham in the Nechells council ward, roughly one mile from the city centre. The name is a corruption of "Bord's Leah" which means the clearing owned by Bord. The surrounding areas are Digbeth, Eastside, Saltley, Small Heath and Sparkbrook.
For most of its history, Bordesley was farmland on a busy, but poorly-maintained road that connected Birmingham to Warwick and Coventry. As Birmingham prospered, a commercial centre evolved on Bordesley High Street where traders could do business without entering the town and incurring additional taxes.
The Warwick and Birmingham Canal (now the Grand Union) was cut through Bordesley in the 1790's and Bordesley Junction was created in 1844 when a second channel was cut, extending the canal northwards to Salford Junction.
These watercourses were followed by the Great Western Railway which was laid through Bordesley in the 1850's. Bordesley Station, which opened in 1852, was the main terminus for cattle being transported to the Bullring.
These transport routes attracted industrial development and densely-packed terraced housing, most of which was cleared in the 1960's to make way for new road schemes such as Bordesley Circus, Camp Hill Circus and Middleway.
The remaining terraces survived until the 1980's when they were replaced by Bordesley Village: a private and social housing estate centred on a landscaped park and small shopping centre.
Demographics, Politics and Housing in Bordesley
This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Nechells council ward which includes the area of Bordesley.
Accident Blackspots in Bordesley
Pedestrian
Hit by Ford Focus on Bordesley Park Road
A woman was cut from wreckage after two cars collided on Watery Lane in Bordesley at approximately 11.45 pm on Sunday 10 April (News Headlines 12/04/11)
A woman in her thirties suffered serious head injuries when hit by a car on Watery Lane at approximately 3pm on Friday 03/12/10
Coventry Road
Three cars collided on the Coventry Road at approximately 5.30 pm on Monday 15 February 2010.
Landor Street
In February 2010, Birmingham City Council obtained an injunction that effectively prohibits Landor Street from being used as an improvised racing track.
The street is located in an industrial zone next to the Proof House Rail Junction. It has a three-quarter mile straight where young drivers often race at speeds of over 100mph.
A motorist collided with a lorry on Landor Street at approximately 6am on Wednesday 03/02/10.
Garrison Lane
There was a car crash on Garrison Lane at around 4.30 am on Saturday 5 December 2009.
13.09.11 Bordesley Has the Highest Percentage of Uninsured Drivers in the UK
According to the Motor Insurers Bureau, Bordesley is the worse uninsured driver blackspot in the UK with almost 30% of all motorists having no insurance (News Headlines 13/09/11).
Racist Graffiti on Ravenhurst Street
A disused pub on Ravenhurst Street was daubed with racist graffiti at some time between Friday 3rd December and Sunday 5th December (News Archive 06/12/10)
Fire & Firefighters in Bordesley
Pan Fire at Maisonette on Camp Street
Crews attended a pan fire and helped a man escape through a ground-floor window at a maisonette on Camp Street at approximately 5pm on Tuesday 28th June 2011 (News Headlines 30/06/11).
Birmingham Heartlands Surgery
Birmingham Heartlands Surgery is located on Gray Street.
78-81 Gray Street B9 4LS - 0121 772 2020 - Map
Health Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum
Formule 1 is a budget hotel at 3 Bordesley Park Road off Bordesley Circus. There are 62 functional rooms, with a TV and sink area, large enough for one, two or three. Chargeable wi-fi and free parking is available. Formule 1 is owned by Accor.
Links: Hotels Accor Group Website
Radio XL
XL is a local Asian radio station that transmits to the West Midlands on 1296 AM.
The station, which is based at KMS House on Bradford Street in Bordesley, broadcasts Asian music, community information, entertainment, debate and current affairs.
The content is mainly in English and Hindi but some programmes are also broadcast in other community languages including Bengali, Punjabi and Urdu.
Bradford Street B12 0JD - 0121 753 5353 - Map
Muath Trust
The Muath Welfare Trust at
the Bordesley Centre on Stratford Road can hold 1000 male and 500 female
worshippers. Educational classes, after-school tuition, sporting
and social activities are provided; the facilities include a function
hall. 0121 753
0297 Stratford Road B11 1AR
Digbeth Deritend and Bordesley High Streets Conservation Area
The bulk of the Digbeth Deritend and Bordesley High Streets Conservation Area is in neighbouring Digbeth. However, the conservation area also includes High Street Bordesley which contains several pre-1919 social and industrial buildings of architectural interest.
Links: Digbeth Deritend and Bordesley High Streets Conservation Area Digbeth
The Birmingham and Warwick Canal runs through Bordesley.
Travelling northwards from Bordesley Middleway (A4540), the canal passes through the 4th lock (55) of the Camp Hill Flight by the Coventry Road bridge, the 5th lock (56) between the Coventry Road and Adderley Street and the bottom lock (57) by Adderley Street Bridge.
Bordesley Junction
Bordesley Junction on the north side of Adderley Street connects the Birmingham and Warwick Branch Canal to the Birmingham and Warwick Canal. It features a listed cast-iron elliptical -arch roving bridge (1840).
Birmingham and Warwick Branch Canal
If you were to continue northward through Bordesley along the route of the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal, you would travel under Glover Street, Watery Lane (A4540), St Andrews Street (by Birmingham City FC) and Garrison Lane.
The canal then passes under three railways in quick succession: (1) a linking line between the Birmingham-Peterborough Line & the West Coast Mainline; (2) the Birmingham-Peterborough Line; and (3) the West Coast Mainline.
The canal the passes through the Garrison Flight of five (58-62) which enable it to descend 11 metres from Bordesley to Nechells.
The Garrison Top Lock (58) (by Wheels Park) is located between the first two viaducts after Garrison Lane. The second (59) is between the third railway viaduct and Landor Street where the canal enters Saltley.
Birmingham Law Centre
The Birmingham Law Centre is a legal advice agency specialising in welfare, debt and community care. The centre, which is non-profit-making, employs three solicitors and six caseworkers. It is funded by the Legal Services Commission.
54 Coventry Road B10 0RX - 0121 766 7466 - Map
Police, Lawyers, Courts and Prisons - Birmingham Law Centre Website
Bordesley contains several industrialised areas that straddle the West Coast Mainline, the Birmingham and Warwick Canal and the Birmingham and Warwick Junctrion Branch Canal.
These include the Camp Hill Industrial Estate (map), the Saint Andrews Industrial Estate (map), the Kingston Industrial Estate (map) and Garrison Lane (map).
Dearson Tools
Dearson Tools are precision engineers on Saint Andrews Road. This company has an estimated workforce of less than 50.
60 St Andrews Road B9 4LN 0121 773 4100 Map
Factories in Brum Dearson Tools Website
Dowding and Mills
Dowding & Mills is an engineering firm at Camp Hill that employs an estimated workforce of less than 50.
Camp Hill B12 OJJ 0121 766 6161 Map
Factories in Brum Dowding and Mills Website
GB Metal Spinnings
GB Metal Spinnings on Glover Street employs an estimated workforce of less than 50.
68a Glover Street B9 4EL 0121 773 5444 Map
Factories in Brum GB Metal Spinning Website
The following bus routes run through Bordesley: 2, 3, 5, 6, 13, 17, 31, 37, 58, 60, 97, 900, 957, X20
Four railways run through Bordesley: (1) the Leamington-Worcester Line (2) the Camp Hill Freight Line (3) the Birmingham-Peterborough Line and (4) the West Coast Mainline.
The Camp Hill Freight Line and the Birmingham-Peterborough Line join the West Coast Mainline at Proof House Junction.
There is one passenger station: Bordesley on the Leamington-Worcester Line.
Proof House Junction
Proof House Junction is located above the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Branch Canal, roughly two miles east of New Street Station. The Birmingham-Peterborough Line and the Camp Hill Freight Line join the West Coast Mainline at Proof House Junction.
The junction is named after the Gun Barrels Proof House, one mile away in Eastside; Proof House inspectors used to test guns on a firing range next to the junction.
Links: Birmingham-Peterborough Line
Camp Hill Freight Railway West Coast MainlineWest Coast Mainline
The West Coast Mainline runs through Bordesley on an east-west axis; it travels roughly parallel to Landor Street, then passes the Wheels Adventure Park, and bridges the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Branch Canal before arriving at Proof House Junction where it meets the Camp Hill Freight Line and Birmingham-Peterborough Line.
From Proof House Junction, the West Coast Mainline continues westwards between Garrison Street and Landor Street; it then runs on a viaduct above Landor Street and Lawley Middleway (A4540) before entering the Eastside area of central Birmingham.
Links:
West Coast MainlineCamp Hill Freight Line
The Camp Hill Freight Line broadly runs on a north-south axis through Bordesley; it crosses above Small Heath Highway (A45), travels beneath Coventry Road, skirts the Saint Andrews Football Stadium, runs in a cutting beneath Saint Andrews Street and Garrison Lane and then joins the West Coast Mainline at Proof House Junction.
Links: Camp Hill Freight Railway
Birmingham-Peterborough Line
The Birmingham-Peterborough Line starts at Proof House Junction in Bordesley; it then heads north, bridges Landor Street and enters Duddeston.
Links: Birmingham-Peterborough Line
Leamington-Worcester Line
The Leamington - Worcester Line runs through Bordesley on an east-west axis. It is carried above the Birmingham and Warwick Canal and Bordesley Middleway (A4540) on the Camp Hill Viaduct.
From Camp Hill, the line travels above Coventry Road, through Bordesley Station, and then above Adderley Street and into Digbeth.
Links: Leamington - Worcester Canal
Bordesley Railway Station
Bordesley Station on the Leamington-Worcester Line stands on a viaduct above the Coventry Road; the station was built to transport cattle to the Bull Ring in 1855; its facade is inscribed "BR(W) Bordesley Cattle Station".
Nowadays, the station rarely opens other than when Birmingham City play at home; Saint Andrews football stadium is roughly 500 metres away; the annual passenger footfall is 3,500; the station has two platforms, but no car park or taxi rank.
Bordesley Station has a gruesome past. The bodies of 3 mutilated women were found alongside the tracks shortly after it opened in 1855. The murderer was never apprehended; the station is said to be haunted.
The station closed for 1 month for repairs in January 2011 (News Report 19/01/11)
Tel: 08457484950 Address: Coventry Road B9 4HF
Links: Bordesley National Rail Enquiries
St Anne's RC School
St Anne's RC School on Lowe Street is a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided co-educational primary school attended by around 160 children aged between four and eleven.
Lowe Street B12 0ER 0121 772 5037 Map
Faith Primary Schools in Brum St Annes Primary School
Harper Bell Adventist School
The Harper Bell School on Ravenhurst Street is a co-educational independent Seventh Day Adventist primary school attended by approximately 125 children aged between two and eleven.
29 Ravenhurst Street B12 0EJ 0121 693 7742 Map
Archway Academy is an independent co-educational school on Watery Lane That provides a specialist education for pupils who may otherwise have had to attend residential institutions.
86 Watery Lane B9 4HN - 0121 772 7772 - Map
Secondary Schools Brum - Archway Academy Website
Key National Retailers in
Bordesley
Carphone Warehouse
Carphone Warehouse is at
Halfords
Halfords is located at 16 Watery Lane B9 4HF, T 0121 772 8279
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