Fircroft College
Fircroft College is a specialist adult residential college based in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England. The college was founded by George Cadbury Junior, son of George Cadbury Senior, in 1908 and offers over 150 short residential courses throughout the year, most of which last three days.- Type: College
- Description: Specialist college in Birmingham, England
- Also known as: “Fircroft College of Adult Education”
- Address: Bristol Road, Birmingham, B29 6LH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University of Birmingham School and BBC Drama Village.
University of Birmingham School
School
University of Birmingham School is a mixed free school that occupies a new, purpose-built building located on the University of Birmingham's Selly Oak campus. University of Birmingham School is situated 820 feet northwest of Fircroft College.
BBC Drama Village
The BBC Drama Village was a television production facility run by the BBC. It was operated by BBC Birmingham and latterly BBC Studios. It was based largely at the Selly Oak campus of the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, England. BBC Drama Village is situated 600 feet west of Fircroft College.Cadbury World
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cadbury World is a visitor attraction in Bournville, Birmingham, England, featuring a self-guided exhibition tour, created and run by the Cadbury Company. Cadbury World is situated 3,100 feet east of Fircroft College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bournville and Selly Oak.
Bournville
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bournville is a 19th century model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury's factory, and designed to be a "garden" village where the sale of alcohol was forbidden.
Selly Oak
Suburb
Photo: Lepidus Magnus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Selly Oak is a suburb of south-west Birmingham, England. The area includes the neighbourhoods of Bournbrook, Selly Park and Ten Acres. The adjoining wards of Edgbaston and Harborne are to the north of the Bourn Brook, which was the former county boundary, and to the south are Weoley Castle and Bournville.
Bournbrook
Suburb
Bournbrook is an industrial and residential district in southwest Birmingham, England, in the ward of Bournbrook and Selly Park and the parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Selly Oak.
Fircroft College
- Categories: residential college, further education college, and education
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.43303° or 52° 25′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.9453° or 1° 56′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C4WC3M3+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 396075729OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=collegeWikidata ID
Q5451231
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