Council House

Birmingham City Council House in , England, is the home of Birmingham City Council, and thus the seat of local government for the city. It provides office accommodation for both employed council officers, including the chief executive, and elected…
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  • Type: Town hall
  • Description: municipal building in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Birmingham Council House” and “Council House, Birmingham”
  • Address: Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Birmingham School of Art.

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.

University
Photo: GavinWarrins, Public domain.
The was a municipal art school based in the centre of , England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Arts, Design and Media, its… is situated 390 feet north of Council House.

Library
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The is a public library in , England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and . is situated 1,200 feet west of Council House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paradise and Birmingham Chinatown.

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

Neighborhood
in , England is located in the city centre's Southside. It is an area with a predominantly influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses, organisations and social clubs.

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.

Council House

Latitude
52.48018° or 52° 28′ 49″ north
Longitude
-1.90295° or 1° 54′ 11″ west
Inception
September 1874
Levels
6
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Birmingham City Council
Open location code
9C4WF3JW+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25078214
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­townhall
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Wiki­data ID
Q5176236
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Council House” goes by many names.

Places with the Same Name

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Highlights include WaterHall and The River.

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