Birmingham Chinatown
Birmingham Chinatown in Birmingham, England is located in the city centre's Southside. It is an area with a predominantly Chinese influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses, organisations and social clubs.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of Birmingham, England
- Also known as: “Chinatown”, “Chinatown, Birmingham”, “Chinese Quarter”, and “Chinese Quarter, Birmingham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birmingham Back to Backs and Birmingham Hippodrome.
Birmingham Back to Backs
Museum
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birmingham Back to Backs are the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses. They are preserved as examples of the thousands of similar houses that were built around shared courtyards, for the rapidly increasing population of Britain's expanding industrial towns.
Birmingham Hippodrome
Theater building
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birmingham Hippodrome is a theatre situated on Hurst Street in the Chinese Quarter of Birmingham, England. Although best known as the home stage of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, it also hosts a wide variety of other performances including visiting opera and ballet companies, touring West End shows, pantomime and drama.
Birmingham New Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birmingham New Street, also known as New Street station, is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in Birmingham city centre, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birmingham Gay Village and 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.
Digbeth
Suburb
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Digbeth is an area of central Birmingham, England. Following the remodelling of the Inner Ring Road, Digbeth is now considered a district within Birmingham City Centre.
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 Chinatown
- Categories: Chinatown and locality
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.47485° or 52° 28′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.89747° or 1° 53′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C4WF4F3+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 9202757667OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q2059902
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Malay—“Birmingham Chinatown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chinatown”
- Irish: “Chinese Quarter, Birmingham”
- Irish: “Chinese Quarter”
- Malay: “Kawasan Cina, Birmingham”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hippodrome Square and Bangladesh Assistant High Commission.
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