Minworth
Minworth is in the Sutton New Hall ward in north-east Birmingham, five miles from the city centre. The name is a corruption of "mynna's worth" meaning the homestead owned by Mynna. The surrounding areas are Curdworth, Tyburn, Castle Vale, New Hall, Pype Hayes, Shard End and Water Orton.
In 1900, Minworth was still a rural village centred on Minworth Green on the north bank of the River Tame which powered an industrial mill. The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, which was cut in the 1790's, descends 4.5 metres through the Minworth Flight.
Minworth changed after it was chosen as the site of vast sewage works in the early 1900's. All of Birmingham's sewage is now piped by gravitational force to Minworth where it is treated by bacterial filtration.
The sewage farm extended the industrial corridor that had evolved alongside the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and Minworth Mill was demolished and replaced by trading estates.
A small estate of terraced and semi-detached houses was built on the Kingsbury Road between 1930 and 1960, but the rest of Minworth is still surrounded by open fields.
Asda
There is an Asda store on
Walmley Ash Road B76 1XL, T 0121 313 7100.Homebase
Homebase is on Walmley Ash Road B76 1FG, T 08456 407306
Demographics, Politics and Housing in Minworth
This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Sutton New Hall ward including Minworth.
Peddimore Hall
Peddimore Hall, which stands on Peddimore Lane, was built in red-brick with sandstone dressings to a design by William Wilson in 1659. The house, which is privately-owned, occupies the site of a far older mediaeval hall; it is surrounded by a double moat and entered by a drawbridge; the grounds contain a mediaeval barn (1385).
Links: Secular Listed Buildings
Minworth Flight
The Minworth Flight of three on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal adjust the level by around 4.5 metres over a distance of 2.25 kilometres so that the canal can make the descent from Salford Junction to the Warwickshire Plain.
Only the Bottom Lock (27) is in Minworth; the Top and Middle Locks (25 & 26) are in Castle Vale. The Bottom Lock is next to the Kingsbury Road (A38) bridge.
Links: Canals Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
Minworth Green Bridge
After negotiating the Minworth Bottom Lock, barges travelling eastwards pass beneath the Kingsbury Road yet again, this time as the A4097. They then reach the Hare and Hounds at Minworth Green by this brick-arch bridge which was built when the canal was cut in the 1790's.
Links: Canals Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
Minworth contains several modern industrial estates with easy access to the Sutton Coldfield bypass and the M6.
These include the Midpoint Business park, the Maybrook Industrial estate and the Kingsbury Business Park.
BI Group
BI is an engineering group based on the Maybrook Industrial Estate where it employs an estimated workforce of 160.
Unit 1 First Avenue B76 1BA 0121 351 2016 Map
Factories in Brum BI Group Website
Bowater Building Products
Bowater Building Products makes extrusion tools and PVCu windows on Water Orton Lane where it employs an estimated workforce of 200.
Water Orton Lane B76 9BW 0121 749 3000 Map
Factories in Brum Bowater Building Products Website
MGI Coutier
MGI Coutier manufactures vehicle accessories on the Midpoint Business Park where it employs an estimated workforce of 80.
This factory is owned by a French multinational headquartered in Paris.
Kingsbury Road B76 1AF 0121 313 6300 Map
Factories in Brum MGI Coutier Website
Schaeffler
Schaeffler makes bearings and engine parts on Forge Lane where it employs an estimated workforce of 80. This factory is owned by a German multinational based at Herzogenaurach Bavaria.
Forge Lane B76 1AP 0121 313 5870 Map
Factories in Brum Schaeffler Website
Webasto
Webasto makes automotive roof systems on the Kingsbury Business Park where it employs an estimated workforce of 320.
This factory is owned by a German multinational based at Stockdorf Munich.
Kingsbury Road B76 9DL 0121 313 5600 Map
Factories in Brum Webasto Website
WH Smith
WH Smith make plastic mouldings on Water Orton Lane where it employs an estimated workforce of 330.
Water Orton Lane B76 9BG 0121 748 7777 Map
Factories in Brum WH Smith Website
Boat Inn
The Boat Inn is a canalside pub on the Old Kingsbury Road that holds regular discos and live music gigs.
Old Kingsbury Road B76 9AE 0121 240 9696 Map
Pubs in Birmingham Boat Inn Website
Hare and Hounds
The Hare and Hounds on the Kingsbury Road has a beer garden and indoor and outdoor play areas; it overlooks the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.
Kingsbury Road B76 9DD 0121 351 1712 Map
Pubs in Birmingham Hare and Hounds Facebook
The following bus routes run through Minworth: 67A, 71, 116, 119, 167, 168, 757, 757A
Two railways run through Minworth: the Birmingham - Peterborough Line and the Sutton Park Line.
Sutton Park Line
The Sutton Park Line is a freight railway that skirts the Midpoint Business Park and bridges Forge Lane in Minworth.
St George the Martyr C of E
St George the Martyr (1909) is an Anglican church on Water Orton Lane.
Water Orton Lane B76 9BU - 0121 776 7084 -
MapChurches in Birmingham - St George's Website
Minworth Junior and Infant School
Minworth School on Water Orton Lane is a community co-educational primary school attended by approximately 130 children aged between four and eleven.
Water Orton Lane B76 9BU 0121 351 1345 Map
Secular State Primary Schools Minworth Primary Website
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