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Tyburn Area
Tyburn is in the Tyburn ward in north-east Birmingham, five miles from the city centre. The surrounding areas are Castle Bromwich, Castle Vale, Erdington Town, Gravelly Hill, Hodge Hill and Washwood Heath.
Tyburn was a place of execution in the 18th century and was named after the notorious Tyburn gallows that once stood on the site of Marble Arch in central London.
The River Tame, which drains eastwards through Tyburn, powered early industrial mills. The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal was cut through Tyburn in 1790, followed by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1842.
These routes created an industrial corridor, including the likes of Dunlop and Jaguar, whose southern flank is skirted by the M6. Part of the Tyburn Industrial Estate has been regenerated as an out-of-town shopping centre and the iconic Fort Dunlop is now a mixed-use development.
Tyburn also includes some residential areas, most notably Birches Green which was named after an unenclosed pasture owned by the Birch family. The area was developed as a municipal housing estate in the 1920's, and is characterised by semi-detached houses and short terraces arranged in geometric patterns.
Demographics, Politics and Housing in the Tyburn Area
This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Tyburn council ward which includes the areas of Tyburn and Birches Green.
12.10.11: Three Injured in Pileup on Tyburn Road
Two car passengers and a female pedestrian were hospitalised after a multi-vehicle collision on the Tyburn Road at around 7.45am on Sunday 9th October 2011 (News Headlines 12/10/11).
Tyburn Road
There was a collision involving 4 cars near the Jarvis Way junction on the Tyburn Road at approximately 6am on Tuesday 8th March 2011; at least one of the vehicles appears to have skidded on black ice; two men were treated for minor injuries (News Archive 08/03/11).
A pedestrian sustained multiple injuries after she was hit by a motorcycle at the junction of Tyburn Road and Kingsbury Road at approximately 5.30 pm on Thursday 13th January 2011 (News Archive 14/01/11).
A motorcyclist died shortly after he crashed into a fence on the Tyburn Road at roughly 8:45 pm on Tuesday 17/08/10 (News Archive 18/08/10).
A 28-year-old woman died after her car hit a lamppost on the Tyburn Road at roughly 4pm on Saturday 7th August 2010. A teenage boy, travelling as a front seat passenger, was seriously injured.
Fort Parkway
In September 2010, a court injunction effectively banned boy racers from using Fort Parkway and the surrounding streets as a meeting place and unoffical racing track and stunt venue
Fort Parkway is regarded as an unofficial racing track by some young drivers, particularly on Friday and Saturday nights (News Archive 11/05/10).
A motorist hit a wall on Fort Parkway whilst being pursued by police at roughly 4am on Monday 26th April 2010; he died shortly afterwards at Heartlands Hospital in Bordesley Green.
07.10.11: Carjacking at Fort Dunlop
Three masked men car-jacked a high performance Mazda saloon by seizing the keys from its owner in the car park at Fort Dunlop at around 8am on Wednesday 5th October 2011 (News Headlines 07/10/11).
12.09.11 Motorist Rescued Toddlers Wandering on Tyburn Road
The parents of a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl, who were found wandering alone on the A38 Tyburn Road at approximately 9am on Sunday 27 March, have been convicted of child cruelty at Birmingham Crown Court (News Headlines 12/09/11).
Police Raid Cannabis Factory at Warehouse on Tyburn Road
The police arrested
6 men during a raid on a cannabis factory in a warehouse on Tyburn Road
at around 8pm on Tuesday 17th May 2011
(News Headlines 22/05/11).
Arsonists Burn Shed at Birches Green Allotments
Arsonists set a garden shed on fire at the Birches Green Allotments off the Tyburn Road in December 2010 (News Archive 21/12/10)
Thief Poses as Courier to Rob Store
A thief, who posed as a courier, stole 49 phones from Voicemobile at the Fort Shopping Centre at approximately 5pm on Thursday 16/12/10 (News Archive 21/12/10)
Cannabis Farm in Tyburn Road Warehouse
The police raided a cannabis factory with over 300 plants hidden in the basement of a warehouse on the Tyburn Road on 20th November 2010 (News Archive 14/12/10)
Crime: Cannabis Farms Brum 2010
Dead Body in Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
On 4 November 2010, a corpse was found in the section of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal that runs through the industrial belt which straddles the A38 Tyburn Road.
Man Stabbed in Heart on Kingsbury Road
The police arrested two 17-year-old youths on suspicion of murder after a 21-year-old man was chased from a rave and stabbed in the heart on Kingsbury Road during the early hours of Saturday 17/07/10 (News Archive 21/07/10).
Both youths were convicted of murder at Birmingham Crown Court in February 2011 (News Archive 07/02/11) and jailed for life in March 2011; the youth who led the attack must serve at least 14 years and his accomplice, 12 years (News Archive 02/03/11)
House Fire on the Round
Firefighters attended a blaze at a terraced house on Round Road early on Monday morning, the 13th September 2010 (News Archive 14/09/10).
Fire & Firefighting in Birmingham
Birches Green Infant and Junior Schools
Birches Green Infant School (website) and Birches Green Junior School (website) are a pair of co-educational community primary schools located on adjoining sites on Birches Green Road.
Birches Green Infant School (0121 464 4310) is attended by roughly 220 pupils aged between three and seven and Birches Green Junior School (0121 373 3457) is attended by roughly 240 pupils aged between seven and eleven.
Birches Green Road B24 9SR Map
Eaton Wood Medical Centre
1128 Tyburn Road B24 0SY - 0845 675 0573 - Map
Health Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum
Ardenleigh Unit
Ardenleigh is a secure psychiatric unit with 24 beds and its own gym and swimming pool.
385 Kingsbury Road B24 9SA - 0121 678 4400 - Map
Psychiatric Healthcare in Brum
The Travelodge on Fort Parkway (A47) is built onto Fort Dunlop: a former tyre factory converted into office, retail and leisure units. The M6 runs alongside so guests may have to tolerate some road noise. Apart from an adjoining retail park, the surrounding area is largely industrial.
The Travelodge contains double and family rooms, a bar and cafe; wifi is available. There are only 45 free parking spaces allocated on a first-come-first-served basis so some guests will have to pay to park at Fort Dunlop.
Links: Hotels Travelodge Website
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal passes beneath this bridge on Wood Lane.
Links: Canals Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
The Brace Factory Bridge (circa 1930) carries Holly Lane above the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.
Links: Canals Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
Snap Galleries at Fort Dunlop is a retail art gallery that specializes in iconic limited edition rock photos by the best photographers of this genre.
Links: Art Galleries Snap Galleries Website
The Showcase Cinema on the Kingsbury Road in Tyburn is a twelve screen multiplex.
Tyburn contains an industrial corridor centred on the River Tame, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, the Birmingham & Peterbough Railway, the M6 and the A47.
This corridor includes the Jaguar assembly plant and the old Dunlop Works. Some industrial areas have been redeveloped for retail and leisure use.
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres on Fort Parkway makes aviation tyres on part of the former Dunlop Works. This independent company, formerly part of the Dunlop Group, has an estimated workforce of 200.
40 Fort Parkway B24 9HL 0121 384 8800 Map
Factories in Brum Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Website
GKN Driveline
GKN Driveline on the Chester Road makes driveline systems with an estimated workforce of 400. This factory is owned by a British multinational headquartered in Redditch.
Chester Road B24 0RB 0121 377 7000 Map
Factories in Brum GKN Driveline Website
Goodyear Dunlop
Goodyear Dunlop on Wingfoot Way makes motor sport tyres on part of the former Dunlop Works.
This factory has an estimated workforce of around 400 and is owned by a US multinational headquartered in Akron Ohio.
94-98 Wingfoot Way B24 9HY 0121 306 6000 Map
Factories in Brum Goodyear Dunlop Website
Jaguar
Jaguar assemble cars on the Chester Road with an estimated workforce of 2,200; the company is a subsidiary of Tata: an Indian multinational based in Mumbai.
In September 2009, Tata announced that this factory might close in the next 12 months; however, new pay/productivity deals and improved sales returned the company to profitability after several years of heavy losses.
In October 2010, an internal staff bulletin confirmed that the factory will survive until at least 2020 (News Archive 15/10/10).
Chester Road B35 7RA 0121 373 2141 Map
Factories in Brum Tata Group Website
MAG Maintenance
MAG Maintenance at Fort Dunlop is a machine tools and systems company with an estimated workforce of 80.
It is owned by a multinational headquartered at Sterling Heights Michigan.
Fort Parkway B24 9FD 0121 306 5600 Map
Factories in Brum MAG Maintenance Website
Valor
Valor makes fires and stoves on Wood Lane with an estimated workforce of 200. This company is owned by Baxi who are headquartered in Derby.
Wood Lane B24 9QP 0121 606 1064 Map
Factories in Brum Valor Website
Eccleston and Hart
Eccleston & Hart manufacture polystyrene on the Kingsbury Road with an estimated staff of less than 50.
804 Kingsbury Road B24 9PS - 0121 683 0300 - Map
Factories in Brum - Eccleston & Hart Website
Funky Monkeys
Funky Monkeys at Fort Dunlop is an indoor play centre with a jungle theme.
Fort Dunlop B24 9HL 0121 748 3137 Map
Family Fun in Brum Funky Monkeys Website
Scallywags
Scallywags at the Fort Shopping Centre is a children's indoor playground.
Fort Shopping Park B24 9FP 0121 382 4405 Map
Family Fun in Brum Scallywags Website
Listed Secular Buildings in Tyburn
Fort Dunlop (1920) is located on Fort Parkway, alongside the M6; this former tyre factory, which employed 10,000 in 1954, closed in the 1980's, but has now been regenerated by the developers Urban Splash.
Fort Dunlop is a truly vast building; it is 24 metres high with 7 floors; each floor plate is almost the size of a football pitch at 130 metres long and 52 metres wide.
Fort Dunlop has now been regenerated as a leisure, office, hotel and retail complex by the developers Urban Splash who had to insert steel roof drums and a deeper glazing line to ensure that the deepest parts could receive natural light. One end has been completely demolished and replaced by a fully-glazed facade.
Links: Secular Listed Buildings
Overview
Four newspaper titles owned by the Trinity Mirror Group are based at Fort Dunlop in Tyburn: the Birmingham Mail, the Birmingham Post, the Sunday Mercury and the Sutton Coldfield News.
The Mail, Post and Mercury were based at the Post and Mail Building on Colmore Circus in the Business Quarter from 1964 until 2008.
Birmingham Mail
The Birmingham Mail, which has a daily circulation of about 70,000, is the biggest selling local newspaper in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
The paper, which was launched in 1870, is generally regarded as populist but neutral; it is published in tabloid format from Monday to Friday with a weekend edition on Saturday.
The Mail contains sports sections on Monday and Saturday; a shopping supplement on Monday; a family section on Tuesday, a travel supplement on Wednesday, jobs food and drink sections on Thursday, a "What's On Guide" on Friday and a motoring section on Saturday.
The Birmingham Mail is owned by the Trinity Mirror Group; the group, which publishes over 240 other regional and national titles, is based at Canary Wharf in London Docklands.
Tel 0121 553 2041 Fort Parkway B24 9FF
Links: Media Birmingham Mail Website
Birmingham Post
The Birmingham Post, which has a daily circulation of 12,500, is the biggest selling daily regional broadsheet in the West Midlands.
The paper, which was launched as the Daily Post in 1857, contains local, national and international news and analysis with a particular focus on business, health, education and leisure. The readership tends to be affluent and upwardly-mobile; half are in A-B social economic groups.
Until 2008, the Post was based in the Post and Mail Building on Colmore Circus in the Business Quarter; however, it moved to the regenerated Fort Dunlop in Tyburn in 2008.
The Birmingham Post is owned by the Trinity Mirror Group which also owns around 240 other titles (including the Birmingham Mail and Sunday Mercury); the group is headquartered at Canary Wharf in London Docklands.
Tel 0121 236 3366 Fort Parkway B24 9FF
Links: Media
Birmingham Post WebsiteSunday Mercury
The Sunday Mercury, which launched in 1918, is a populist and centre-right paper with a circulation of around 61,000; it is the tabloid sister title of the Birmingham Mail and the only regional Sunday newspaper in the West Midlands.
The Mercury moved from the Post and Mail Building in the Business Quarter to Fort Dunlop in Tyburn in 2008; it shares the same premises as the Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Post.
All three papers form part of the Trinity Mirror Group which is headquartered at Canary Wharf in London Docklands.
Tel 0121 234 5688 Fort Parkway B24 9FF
Links: Media
Sunday Mercury WebsiteSutton Coldfield News
The Sutton Coldfield News is a free weekly launched in 1865 with a circulation of 60,000 and a readership of 90,000.