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Pype Hayes

Overview Pype Hayes

 Pype Hayes is in the Tyburn council ward in north-east Birmingham, five miles from the city centre. The surrounding areas are Birches Green, Castle Bromwich, Castle Vale, Minworth, Tyburn and Walmley.

Pype is a corruption of "pipa" meaning water channel and Hayes is a corruption of "gehaeg" meaning hedged agricultural land. Therefore, Pype Hayes means hedged farmland surrounded by a drainage ditch.

Pype Hayes was farmed by the Bagot family from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. Their ancestral home, Pype Hayes Hall, still stands, but is now a council office, the estate having been acquired by Birmingham City Council in 1908.

Part of the farmland has been converted into a golf course, urban park and nature reserve. The rest was developed as municipal housing in the 1920's. Low-rise flats, maisonettes and residential towers were added in the 1960's.

The estate was characterised by high rates of crime and deprivation and many homes were blighted by structural defects. It was rebuilt between 1992 and 2009. Population density was reduced and all but one of the tower blocks have been demolished.

Demographics, Politics and Housing in Pype Hayes

 This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Tyburn council ward including Pype Hayes.

Bus Routes through Pype Hayes

Fire in Empty Building at Pype Hayes Park

Firefighters were called to a blaze at an empty council-owned building in Pype Hayes Park during the early hours of Sunday 17 April 2011; no injuries were reported (News Headlines 19/04/11).

There was a kitchen fire at a house on Elmfield Avenue on 12/03/10 (News Archive 13/03/10).

St Peter and St Paul RC

SS Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic church on Kingsbury Road.

552 Kingsbury Road B24 9ND - 0121 373 1437 - Map

Schools in Pype Hayes

Gunter Primary School

Gunter School is a community co-educational  primary school attended by roughly two hundred children aged between three and eleven.

Gunter Road B24 0RU   0121 464 2367   Map

Secular State Primary Schools   Gunter Primary Website

Paget School

Paget School is a co-educational community primary school attended by approximately 210 children aged between three and eleven.

Paget Road B24 0JP   0121 464 3902   Map

Secular State Primary Schools   Paget Primary Website

Health Services in Pype Hayes

Birmingham City Council is to auction Pype Hayes Hall which until recently was a social services office. The council acquired the grade-two-listed building, once the ancestral home of the Bagot family, in 1920 when the surrounding area was urbanised. However, the building is now empty and its annual running costs are over £100,000 (News Headlines 06/08/11).

Tower Blocks in Pype Hayes

Sorrell House

Sorrell House on the Tyburn Road is a nine storey tower block that was completed in 1964 and is mainly inhabited by elderly residents.

Tyburn Road B24 0TQ   Map

High Rise Brum

Golf Courses in Pype Hayes

Hotels in Pype Hayes

Cape Race Hotel

The Cape Race Hotel is on the Chester Road (A452). The facilities include ensuite rooms, a bar and car park. There is no restaurant but several eateries are located nearby. The hotel is run by resident proprietors.

Links: Suburban Hotels   Cape Race Website

Open Spaces in Pype Hayes

Pype Hayes Park

Pype Hayes Park is a 110 acre open space that was formerly the grounds of Pype Hayes Hall, a Georgian mansion that was once home to the Bagot family and is now a council office.

The park, which was purchased by Birmingham City Council in 1920, contains playing fields, copses, meadows, hard courts, tennis courts, landscaped walkways, a fish pond, bowling green, playgrounds  and formal gardens.

Open Spaces in Birmingham    Map

Sorrell Park is a 6 acre green space dominated by Sorrel House which is the only surviving residential tower in Pype Hayes.

The park contains playing fields, landscaped walkways and a playground.

 Open Spaces in Birmingham    Map

Pubs in Pype Hayes

Bagot Arms

The Bagot Arms on Eachelhurst Road is an M&B community pub with an outdoor area.

It serves budget food, screens live sport and holds curry, quiz, pool, darts and poker nights.

Eachelhurst Road B24 0QL   0121 351 7913   Map

Pubs in Birmingham   Bagot Arms Website

Digby

The Digby on Chester Road is an M&B community pub with a beer garden that screens live sport and holds curry quiz and poker nights.

911 Chester Road B24 0HJ   0121 382 6821   Map

  Pubs in Birmingham   Digby Website