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Birmingham

Gun Quarter

The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of , England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of military firearms and sporting guns.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Historic district of Birmingham, England (UK)
  • Also known as: “Gunsmiths Quarter”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Chad’s Cathedral and Saint Paul’s Church.

Church
Photo: G-Man, Public domain.
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of Saint Chad is a Catholic cathedral in . It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia.

Church
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Paul's is a Church of England church in the Georgian St Paul's Square in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England.

Museum
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a and art gallery in , England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewellery Quarter and Newtown.

Suburb
Photo: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0.
The is an area of central , , in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.

Neighborhood
, also referred to as Aston New Town, is an inner city area to the north of city centre, England and an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council.

Locality
is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of , England. It was named after Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built.

Gun Quarter

Latitude
52.48912° or 52° 29′ 21″ north
Longitude
-1.90012° or 1° 54′ 0″ west
Open location code
9C4WF3QX+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 875894525
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q5618338
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Irish—“Gun Quarter” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gun Quarter”
  • Irish: “Gun Quarter”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Colmore Business District and Paradise.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Healthier Body and Word Life Centre.

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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 “Gun Quarter”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.