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Brandwood Area
Brandwood is in the Brandwood ward in south Birmingham, roughly five miles south from the city centre. The surrounding areas are Lifford, Warstock, Druids Heath and Kings Heath.
The name Brandwood is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "brende wood" meaning burnt wood. The name suggests that local woodlands were cleared by fire in order to create the first settlements.
The Stratford Canal was cut through Brandwood in the 1790's but the area remained rural, the only significant encroachments being Brandwood End Cemetery, which was laid out in the 1890's, and Monyhull Hospital, which was built in 1905.
The first large-scale housing developments appeared between the wars as Kings Heath expanded southwards. These were mainly private semi-detached homes with comparatively large gardens laid out along suburban avenues. After the Second World War, two thousand council houses were built on the remnants of the Monyhull Estate.
Accident Blackspots in Brandwood
Francis Drive
A 22 year-old male motorist was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft after the car he was driving crashed into a block of flats on St Francis Drive on the former campus of Monyhull Hall Hospital at approximately 3am on Thursday 3rd March 2011 (News Archive 05/03/11)
Bells Lane
A bus hit a boy aged three on Bells Lane at roughly 9.25 am on Friday 01/10/10
In June 2010, the Birmingham Coroner heard evidence of a head-on collision on Bells Lane on 30/11/09 in which two people died; one of the fatalities was a 19 year-old girl who was driving over the limit and without a license or insurance.
Druids Heath Tower Block Death
A 21-year-old man
was found with serious injuries at the foot of Moor House in Druids
Heath, shortly after police officers had visited his 11th-floor flat on
Tuesday 31st May 2011; he later died in hospital; the police launched an
internal investigation in June 2011
(News Headlines 26/06/11).
Criminals Target Drews Meadow Close
Burglars targeted a row of bungalows on Drews Meadow Close in summer 2010; the residents, who are mostly council tenants, requested security fencing.
The following bus routes run through Brandwood: 18, 35, 49, 50, 177, 178, 179
Boots
Boots is at 137 Monyhull Road, B30 3QB, T 0121 458 2756
Brandwood End Cemetery
Brandwood End Cemetery on Woodthorpe Road, which opened in 1899, is laid out in a Victorian grid with a central driveway and flanking avenues planted with cypress, Scots Pine and Welingtonia.
Twin Gothic Revival chapels stand either side of the central driveway and are bridged by a carriageway arch topped by a tower and spire.
The red brick and terracotta chapels each contain a chancel, coffin chamber, underground heating chamber and vestry.
The west chapel was built for Anglicans and the east for non-Conformists. Several splendid monuments are located in their vicinity. These include Italianate angels and Art Deco memorials.
The 53 acre cemetery also features a superintendents lodge, a War Memorial garden and a Cross of Sacrifice. It is registered as a grade two listed site on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Woodthorpe Road B14 6EQ 0121 444 1328
Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery
Horseshoe
The Horseshoe on Alcester Road South is a traditional pub that overlooks the Birmingham & Stratford Canal.
611 Alcester Road South B14 5EL 0121 441 1661 Map
Millennium Balti
The Millennium Balti house is on Alcester Road South.
796 Alcester Road South B14 5EZ 0121 430 6155 Map
Restaurants Outside Inner Circle Millennium Balti Website
Demographics, politics and housing in the Brandwood Area
This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Brandwood ward, including the area of Brandwood.
Baverstock Cluster
The Baverstock Cluster is a group of ten tower blocks in Brandwood. They consists of nine 13 storey 38 metre blocks and one 12 storey 36 metre block.
The 12 storey block is Heath House (map) on Baverstock Road.
The 13 storey blocks are:
Barratts House (map), Kingswood House (map) and Saxelby House (map) on Kimpton Close, Parker House (map), Harrison House (map) and Middlefield House (map) on Britford Close
and
Brookpiece House (map) on Milston Close, Pitmeadow House (map) on Pound Road and Hillcroft House (map) on Alcester Road South.
Druids Lane
There are five 13 storey 38 metre tower blocks located on and around Druids Lane which overlook the Worcesterhire countryside, namely:
Moor House (map) and Topfield House (
map) on Druids Lane, Drews House (map) on Netheravon Close, Pleck House (map) on Winterbourne Croft and Bellfield House (map) on Thornham Way,
The Birmingham and Stratford Canal runs through Brandwood.
Travelling westward towards King Norton Junction, the canal skirts the northern side of Monyhull Hospital and then enters the Brandwood Tunnel, surveyed by Josiah Clowes in 1790.
The tunnel, which is 0.2 miles long, is roughly 0.8 miles east of Kings Norton Junction; it carries the canal under Shelfield Road and Brandwood Road.
The west portal, which has a voussoir elliptical arch, displays a weathered bust of Shakespeare between two empty niches. Two narrowboats can pass through the tunnel side-by-side but there is no towpath.
St Bede's C of E
St Bede's is an Anglican church on Bryndale Avenue.
Bryndale Road B14 6NG - 0121 693 0217 - Map
Churches in Birmingham - St Bede's Website
St Jude's RC
St Jude's is a Roman Catholic church on the Druids Heath estate.
St Jude's Close B14 5PD - 0121 430 6932 - Map
Bells Farm Junior & Infant School
Bells Farm School on Brockworth Road is a community co-educational primary school attended by roughly 170 children aged between four and eleven.
Brockworth Road B14 5YG 0121 459 8666 Map
Secular State Primary Schools Bells Farm Primary Website
Broadmeadow Infant and Junior Schools
Broadmeadow Infant School and Broadmeadow Junior School (website) are a pair of community co-educational primary schools on Monyhull Hall Road.
Broadmeadow Infant School (0121 464 4266) is attended by roughly 240 children aged between three and seven and Broadmeadow Junior School (0121 464 1717) is attended by roughly 250 children aged between seven and eleven.
Monyhull Hall Road B30 3QJ Map
Oaks Primary School
Oaks School on Bells Lane is a community co-educational primary school attended by approximately 230 children aged between three and eleven.
Bells Lane B14 5RY 0121 464 6272 Map
Secular State Primary Schools Oaks Primary Website
St Albans RC School
St Alban's RC School on Broad Lane is a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided co-educational primary school attended by roughly 200 children aged between four and eleven.
Broad Lane B14 5AL 0121 444 6530 Map
St Jude's RC School
St Jude's RC School on the Baverstock Estate is a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided co-educational primary school attended by roughly 150 children aged between four and eleven.
St Jude's Close B14 5PD 0121 464 5069 Map
Faith Primary Schools in Brum St Judes School Website
Secondary Schools in Brandwood
Lindsworth School
Lindsworth is a co-educational community special school on Monyhull Hall Road that is attended by around 190 pupils aged 11-16 who find it difficult to manage their emotions and behaviour.
Monyhull Hall Road B30 3QA 0121 693 5363 Map
New School on Monyhull Road
In January 2010, plans were being considered for a new 1,000-pupil school at a vacant site on Monyhull Road that could replace Kings Norton High School and Baverstock Foundation School.
Broadmeadow Health Centre
Keynell Covert B30 3QT - 0121 433 4949 - Map
Health Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum
Druids Heath Surgery
27 Pound Road B14 5SB - 0121 430 5461 -
MapHealth Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum
Maypole Health Centre
10 Sladepool Farm Road B14 5DJ - 0121 430 5551 -
MapHealth Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum
South Maypole Surgery
1026 Alcester Road South B14 5NG - 0121 430 5150 - Map
Health Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum
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