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Warstock
Warstock is in the Billesley council ward in south-east Birmingham, five miles from the city centre. The surrounding areas are Billesley, Brandwood, Hollywood, Druids Heath, Kings Heath, Yardley Wood and Majors Green.
Warstock is a corruption of "har stok" meaning a fenced farm by a manorial boundary. The original settlement was on the boundary of Yardley, Solihull and Kings Norton Manors.
The Stratford Canal was cut through Warstock in the 1790's. However, the area remained open countryside until the Daisy Farm, Millpool and Highters Heath council estates were built between 1920 and 1960. The hosing stock mainly consists of short terraces and semi-detached pairs laid out on closes, avenues and crescents.
Many older homes are now in a poor state of repair and some areas have been rebuilt to modern specifications.
Demographics, Politics and Housing in Warstock
This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Billesley ward, including Warstock.
Warstock is served by the following bus routes: 2, 27, 50, 177, 178, 179
The Birmingham and Stratford Canal runs through Warstock.
Travelling westwards towards Kings Norton Junction, it passes beneath Warstock Lane and skirts the Cock Moors Woods Golf Course and Limekiln Industrial Estate before reaching Alcester Road South (A435)
Links: Kings Norton Junction Birmingham and Stratford Canal
Man Dies in Scooter
Crash on Warstock Lane
A man died after
his scooter was involved in a collision with a car on Warstock Lane at
around 2pm on Wednesday 1st June 2011
(News Headlines 02/06/11).
Woman Threatens
Suicide on Shorters Avenue
A woman threatened
to commit suicide at a house on Shorters Avenue at approximately 1.15pm
on Wednesday 15th June 2011. The police were called but she fell from a
second floor window after barricading her door and was hospitalised in a
critical condition
(News Headlines 16/06/11).
Sexual Assault on Prince of Wales Lane
A woman was attacked and sexually assaulted on Prince of Wales Lane at approximately 1am on Friday 4th March 2011 (News Archive 06/03/11)
A 23 year-old man was arrested and 20 cannabis plants were seized during a police raid on a house on Arudel Road at roughly 7pm on Wednesday 5th January 2011 (News Archive 11/01/11)
Newspapers Published in Warstock
Harp News
The Harp is a free monthly paper aimed at the Irish community in the West Midlands, the East Midlands and the north-west; the content consists of news and information of interest to the Irish community; there are also sport, movies, food and drink sections.
The paper, which is based on Glenavon Road in Warstock, has a distribution of around 10,000 and a unique readership of roughly 28,000.
Tel 0121 430 7773 17 Glenavon Road B14 5DD
Links: Media
Harp WebsiteImmanuel C of E
Immanuel (1940) is an Anglican church on Highters Heath Lane.
Highters Heath Lane B14 4PG - 0121 430 7578 - Map
Churches in Birmingham - Immanuel Website
Grendon Junior & Infant School
Grendon School is a community co-educational primary school attended by roughly three hundred children aged between three and eleven.
Grendon Road B14 4RB 0121 474 2460 Map
Secular State Primary Schools Grendon Primary Website
Highters Heath Junior & Infant School
Highters Heath School is a community co-educational primary school attended by roughly two hundred children aged between five and eleven.
Highters Heath Lane B14 4LY 0121 464 2459 Map
Secular State Primary Schools Highters Heath School Website
The Travelodge is next to the Maypole Retail Park on the Alcester Road; it contains family and double rooms and there is a car park with 65 free spaces available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Hotels Travelodge Website
Key National Retailers in Warstock
Aldi
Aldi is at
Alcester Road Maypole B14 5JEBoots
There are two Boots stores in Warstock, located at:
(1) 1005 Alcester Rd Sth B14 5JA, T 0121 430 5155 (2) 161 Prince of Wales Lane B14 4LR, T 0121 474 2581Co-Op Food
1034-1036 Yardley Wood Road B14 4BW - 0121 474 2229 - Map
Co-Op Food
1015 Alcester Road South B14 5JA - 0121 430 6138 - Map
Sainsbury
Sainsbury Local is at
1059-1061 Alcester Road South B14 5TN, T 0121 474 3102Wilkinsons
Maypole Retail Park B14 5JF - 0121 474 3485 - Map
Key National Retailers in Brum
Subway
Subway is at
Maypole Lane B14 5JF, T 0121 474 6255Cafes & Fast Food Subway Website
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