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Information Bromford

 Bromford is an area of Birmingham in the Hodge Hill ward, roughly four miles from the city centre. The surrounding areas are Hodge Hill, Tyburn, Ward End, Washwood Heath and Castle Bromwich.

The name Bromford is a derivation of "broom ford", broom being the gorse, heather and other shrubs that indicate a shallow river bed. The river in question, the Tame, was forded at Bromford until the first bridge was built, possibly in around 1200 AD.

The Tame powered corn mills and then forges, wire drawing and rolling mills. A railway station called Bromford Forge opened on the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1842. However, the surrounding area remained largely undeveloped and the station closed within a few years only to re-open after the Bromford Bridge Racecourse had opened in 1896.

The racecourse closed in 1965 whereupon Bromford was redeveloped as a high-density municipal housing estate overlooking the newly-constructed M6. The estate includes terraces, maisonettes, low-rise flats and nine residential towers. Many of the streets are named after famous racehorses or racecourses.

Demographics, Politics and Housing in Bromford

 This website contains information about demographics, housing and politics in the Hodge Hill ward, including the area of Bromford.

Crime in Bromford

Bromford Drug Dealer Jailed

A 22-year-old man from Riddfield Road on the Bromford Bridge Estate has been jailed for 2 years 9 months at Birmingham Crown Court for the possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply (News Headlines 09/09/11).

Youths Threw Stones at Birmingham-Nottingham Train

Three boys aged 15 were convicted at Birmingham Youth Court in May 2011 of throwing stones at the Birmingham-Nottingham train as it passed through Bromford en route to New Street Station on Monday 15th November 2010; each boy received a 12 month referral order and must pay £250 compensation and £105 costs; the prosecutor alleged that their actions caused £10,000 damage and resulted in 94 train delays (News Headlines 25/05/11).

Suspected Cannabis Farm on Chipperfield Road

Police found equipment that could have been used to cultivate cannabis but no drugs when they raided an address on Chipperfield Road in Bromford at approximately 1pm on Monday 19/07/10 (News Archive 20/07/10).

Crime in Birmingham

Fire & Firefighting in Bromford

Man Dies in Flat Fire on Folkestone Croft

A man died in a flat fire on Folkestone Croft at around noon on Sunday 17 April 2011 (News Headlines 18/04/11).

Fire & Firefighting

Grass Fire off Bromford Drive

There was a grassland fire off Bromford Drive on Thursday 29/07/10; clouds of black smoke drifted across the M6, severely reducing visibility (News Archive 30/07/10).

Fire & Firefighting

Tower Blocks in Bromford

Bromford Bridge Towers

The Bromford Bridge Estate contains two 20 storey 57 metre tower blocks and five 13 storey 38 metre tower blocks.

They were all built between 1965 and 1968 and stand on a ridge on Bromford Drive above the M6.

The 20 storey blocks are:

Holbrook Tower (map) and Warstone Tower (map).

The 13 storey blocks are:

 Bridge Meadow House (map), Hollowmeadow House (map), Jordan House (map), Kingspiece House (map) and Thistle House (map).

Two other 20-storey towers, Bayley and Stoneycroft, which also stood on the Bromford Bridge Estate, were levelled in April 2011 (News Headlines 30/04/11).  

High Rise Brum

Health Services in Bromford

Bromford Medical Centre

1 Warstone Tower B36 8TU - 0845 675 0578 - Map

Health Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum

Schools in Bromford

Firs Primary School

Firs School on Dreghorn Road is a co-educational community primary school attended by roughly 400 children aged between four and eleven.

Dreghorn Road B36 8LL   0121 464 3792   Map

Secular State Primary Schools   Firs Primary Website

St Wilfrid's RC School

St Wilfrid's RC School on Shawsdale Road is a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided co-educational primary school attended by roughly 240 children aged between three and eleven.

Shawsdale Road B36 8LY   0121 675 3319   Map

Faith Primary Schools in Brum   St Wilfrid's School Website

Tame Valley School

Tame Valley School on Chillinghome Road is a community co-educational primary school attended by approximately 210 children aged between three and eleven.

Chillinghome Road B36 8QJ   0121 464 4497   Map

Secular State Primary Schools

Pubs in Bromford

Bromford Inn

The Bromford Inn is a public house on the Bromford Lane.

338 Bromford Lane B8 2SD   0121 328 2212   Map

Pubs in Birmingham

Bus Routes through Bromford

The following bus routes run through Bromford: 26

Bus Routes through Birmingham