West Heath
West Heath is a residential area of Birmingham, England on the boundary with Worcestershire. Forming the larger part of the ward of Longbridge And West Heath it is situated between Kings Norton, Northfield, Longbridge and Cofton Hackett and lies on traditional heathland formed in the 13th century as part of the Kings Norton manorial lands, and was historically in Worcestershire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “West Heath, West Midlands”
- Postal code: B38
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Anne’s Church and King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls.
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
School
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls is a secondary school located on Turves Green in the Northfield area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England.
Northfield railway station
Railway station
Photo: AmosWolfe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northfield railway station serves the Northfield area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line, and is managed by West Midlands Trains, who also operate all of the rail services that serve it.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turves Green and Austin Village.
Turves Green
Village
Turves Green is an area of Birmingham partly in West Heath and partly in Northfield. In addition the area of Longbridge borders Turves Green. A road with the simple name Turves Green runs through the area.
Austin Village
Locality
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Austin Village is a First World War housing estate of prefabs between Longbridge and Northfield, Birmingham. Herbert Austin, who created the Austin Motor Company at Longbridge in 1905, had to take on more workers during the First World War when his factory became involved in making tanks and aircraft.
Longbridge
Suburb
Longbridge is an area in the south-west of Birmingham, England, located near the border with Worcestershire, historically being within this place.
West Heath
- Category: locality
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.39772° or 52° 23′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.96018° or 1° 57′ 37″ westElevation
561 feet (171 metres)Open location code
9C4W92XQ+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 314332236OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“West Heath” goes by many names.
- Irish: “West Heath, Midlands Thiar”
- Irish: “West Heath”
- Swedish: “West Heath, West Midlands”
- Swedish: “West Heath”
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Highlights include Catholic Church of St John Fisher and West Heath Primary School.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Heath”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.