Turves Green

Turves Green is a park in Birmingham, England. Turves Green is situated nearby to Longbridge Baptist Church, as well as near the school Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Turves Green Boys’ School and St John the Baptist’s Church, Longbridge.

Turves Green Boys’ School

School

Turves Green Boys' School is a secondary school in the West Heath area of Birmingham, England. It is approximately 80 years old. The school is an all-boys school which previously held Technology College and Humanities College status. Turves Green Boys’ School is situated 720 feet north of Turves Green.

St John the Baptist’s Church, Longbridge

Church

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John the Baptist's Church, Longbridge is a parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham. St John the Baptist’s Church, Longbridge is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Turves Green.

Longbridge railway station

Railway station

Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0.

Longbridge railway station serves the Longbridge, Rednal, Rubery and West Heath areas in the far south-west of Birmingham, England. It is on the Cross City Line. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by West Midlands Trains. Longbridge railway station is situated 2,400 feet west of Turves Green.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Austin Village and West Heath.

Austin Village

Locality

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Austin Village is a First World War housing estate of prefabs between Longbridge and Northfield, Birmingham. Herbert Austin, who created the Austin Motor Company at Longbridge in 1905, had to take on more workers during the First World War when his factory became involved in making tanks and aircraft.

West Heath

Suburb

West Heath is a residential area of Birmingham, England on the boundary with Worcestershire. Forming the larger part of the ward of Longbridge And West Heath it is situated between Kings Norton, Northfield, Longbridge and Cofton Hackett and lies on traditional heathland formed in the 13th century as part of the Kings Norton manorial lands, and was historically in Worcestershire.