St John’s Church, Sparkhill
St John's Church is an Anglican church in Sparkhill Birmingham. St John's is a welcoming multi-ethnic church situated in the heart of Birmingham's Balti Belt, it is one of England's most ethnically and religiously diverse parishes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: grade II listed church in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- Also known as: “St John the Evangelist’s Church, Sparkhill” and “St John’s Church and the Narthex Centre”
- Address: St Johns Road, Birmingham, B11 4RG
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sparkhill Library and Ark Boulton Academy.
Sparkhill Library
Library
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sparkhill Library, formerly Yardley Council House, is a municipal building in Stratford Road in Sparkhill, West Midlands, England. The building, which previously served as the offices of Yardley Rural District Council, now operates as a public library administered by Birmingham City Council. Sparkhill Library is situated 1,500 feet south of St John’s Church, Sparkhill.
Ark Boulton Academy
School
Ark Boulton Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Sparkhill in the south of Birmingham, England. It was established in 1910 and educates just under 900 pupils. Ark Boulton Academy is situated 1,700 feet northeast of St John’s Church, Sparkhill.
St Barnabas’ Church, Balsall Heath
Church
St Barnabas' is a parish church in the Church of England in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England. St Barnabas’ Church, Balsall Heath is situated 2,500 feet west of St John’s Church, Sparkhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sparkhill and Balti Triangle.
Sparkhill
Suburb
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sparkhill is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England, situated between Springfield, Hall Green and Sparkbrook. Historically part of Worcestershire, Sparkhill once existed as a rural area with its main industry being agriculture until the 1880s.
Balti Triangle
Locality
A balti or bāltī gosht is a type of curry within the United Kingdom served in a thin, pressed-steel wok called a balti bowl. Balti curries are cooked quickly using vegetable oil rather than ghee, over high heat in the manner of a stir-fry, and any meat is used off the bone.
Springfield
Suburb
Photo: Pigsonthewing, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Springfield is a ward in south east Birmingham, England, created in 2004 from much of the old Sparkhill ward. It is a part of the formal district of Hall Green.
St John’s Church, Sparkhill
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.45432° or 52° 27′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.86566° or 1° 51′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C4WF43M+PPOpenStreetMap ID
way 68638795OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7593559
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