Selly Oak
Selly Oak is a suburban area in south-west Birmingham, England, located approximately 5 miles from the city centre. Named after a prominent oak tree that once stood at a major crossroads, the area encompasses the neighbourhoods of Bournbrook, Selly Park, and Ten Acres.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Selly Oak railway station and Encounter Church.
St Mary’s Church, Selly Oak
Church
Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bournbrook and Selly Park.
Selly Oak
- Type: Suburb
- Description: industrial and residential area in southwest Birmingham, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.44022° or 52° 26′ 25″ north
Longitude
-1.93827° or 1° 56′ 18″ west
Elevation
499 feet (152 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB ZCW
Open location code
9C4WC3R6+3M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Selly Oak” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Selly Oak”
- Finnish: “Selly Oak”
- Irish: “Selly Oak”
- Japanese: “セリー・オーク”
- Lithuanian: “Seli Oukas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Selly Oak”
- Norwegian: “Selly Oak”
- Persian: “سلی اوک”
- Polish: “Selly Oak”
- Romanian: “Selly Oak”
- Urdu: “سیلی اوک”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Metchley and Stirchley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Staffordshire & West-Midlands Probation Care and Selly Oak (Touchbase) Library.
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