Acocks Green
Acocks Green is a suburban area and ward of southeast Birmingham, England. It is named after the Acock family, who built a large house there in 1370. It is occasionally spelled "Acock's Green".Photo: araucaria araucana, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 26,600 residents
- Description: area of south Birmingham, England
- Postal code: B27
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary the Virgin and Acocks Green railway station.
St Mary the Virgin
Church
St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Acocks Green, Birmingham, England.
Acocks Green railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Acocks Green railway station serves the Acocks Green area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands region of England. Pre-nationalisation a GWR station on their main line from London to Birkenhead the station is now served by West Midlands Railway, who manage the station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tyseley and Olton.
Tyseley
Village
Tyseley is a district in the southern half of the city of Birmingham, England, near the Coventry Road and the districts of Acocks Green, Small Heath and Yardley. It is located near the Grand Union Canal.
Olton
Village
Photo: Andy F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Olton is an area/suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. In the 13th century, the Lords of the Manor moved their seat and formed a new settlement, at the junction of two major roads.
Fox Hollies
Village
Fox Hollies is an area of Birmingham, England, situated on the edge of Acocks Green district. It is named after the Fox Hollies Hall estate. It roughly includes the area around Fox Hollies Road, stretching from Acocks Green in the north, to Hall Green in the south.
Acocks Green
- Category: locality
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.44784° or 52° 26′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.82276° or 1° 49′ 22″ westPopulation
26,600Elevation
410 feet (125 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ACGOpen location code
9C4WC5XG+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 25549160OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Acocks Green” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Acocks Green”
- Cebuano: “Acocks Green”
- French: “Acocks Green”
- Irish: “Acocks Green”
- Japanese: “アコックス・グリーン”
- Portuguese: “Acocks Green”
- Swedish: “Acocks Green”
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