Highgate
Highgate is an area of Birmingham, England. Following the Big City Plan of February 2008, Highgate has become a district of Birmingham City Centre. The area is regarded as the site of the original Anglo-Saxon settlement which gave the city of Birmingham its name. Birmingham Central Mosque is one of Highgate's most distinctive buildings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: suburb of Birmingham, England
- Also known as: “Highgate, Birmingham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birmingham Central Mosque and St Alban the Martyr.
Birmingham Central Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birmingham Central Mosque, is a mosque in the Highgate area of Birmingham, England, run by the Birmingham Mosque Trust. The organization, 'Muslims in Britain’ classify the Birmingham Central Mosque as, nonsectarian.
St Alban the Martyr
Church
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham. It is dedicated to Saint Alban, the first British Christian martyr.
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
College
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College is located in Highgate, Birmingham, England. The College offers a wide range of A-level and BTEC programmes. It also has an adult education provision.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sparkbrook and Deritend.
Sparkbrook
Village
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birmingham, in the West Midlands, is Britain's second-largest city. Known in the Victorian era as the "City of a Thousand Trades" and the "Workshop of the World", Brum, as locals call the city, is enjoying a 21st-century resurgence as a great shopping and cultural destination.
Deritend
Locality
Deritend is a historic area of Birmingham, England, built around a crossing point of the River Rea. It is first mentioned in 1276. Today Deritend is usually considered to be part of Digbeth.
Birmingham Gay Village
Locality
Photo: Jenova20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birmingham Gay Village is an LGBT district next to the Chinese Quarter in Birmingham city centre, centred along Hurst Street, which hosts many LGBT-friendly businesses.
Highgate
- Categories: urban area and locality
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.46592° or 52° 27′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.88652° or 1° 53′ 12″ westElevation
358 feet (109 metres)Open location code
9C4WF487+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 269968781OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Highgate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هايجيت”
- French: “Highgate”
- Irish: “Highgate, Birmingham”
- Irish: “Highgate”
- Japanese: “ハイゲート”
- Swedish: “Highgate”
- Urdu: “ہائی گیٹ، برمنگھم”
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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 “Highgate”. Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.