Great Western Arcade

The Great Western Arcade is a covered Grade II listed Victorian shopping arcade lying between Colmore Row and Temple Row in Birmingham City Centre, England.

Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Philip’s Cathedral and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

St Philip’s Cathedral

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip, also called the Birmingham Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. Built as a parish church in the Baroque style by Thomas Archer, it was consecrated in 1715. St Philip’s Cathedral is situated 380 feet southwest of Great Western Arcade.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Museum

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is situated 1,400 feet west of Great Western Arcade.

Birmingham Snow Hill railway station

Railway station

Photo: Randwick, Public domain.

Birmingham Snow Hill, also known as Snow Hill station, is a railway station in Birmingham City Centre, England. It is one of the three main city-centre stations in Birmingham, along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street. Birmingham Snow Hill railway station is situated 880 feet northwest of Great Western Arcade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paradise and Birmingham Chinatown.

Paradise

Locality

Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares.

Birmingham Chinatown

Neighborhood

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.

Gun Quarter

Locality

The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, 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.

Great Western Arcade

Type: Shop
Description: Covered Victorian shopping arcade in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Categories: shopping center and commercial area
Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.48189° or 52° 28′ 55″ north

Longitude

-1.89723° or 1° 53′ 50″ west

Inception

1874

Roof shape

round

Open location code

9C4WF4J3+Q4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 24712366

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=retail

OpenStreetMap feature

shop=arcade

Wikidata ID

Q5600182

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