Spring Hill Library
Spring Hill Library is a red brick and terracotta Victorian building in Ladywood, Birmingham, England. Designed in 1891 by Frederick Martin of Martin & Chamberlain with a 65-foot clock tower on the corner of Icknield Street and Spring Hill and opened on 7 January 1893, it now stands next to a roundabout and linked via a glazed atrium to a new Tesco superstore.Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: library in Birmingham, UK
- Also known as: “Spring Hill Public Library”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arena Birmingham and Library of Birmingham.
Arena Birmingham
Stadium
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Utilita Arena Birmingham is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group. When it was opened in 1991, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK. Arena Birmingham is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Spring Hill Library.
Library of Birmingham
Library
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House. Library of Birmingham is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Spring Hill Library.
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 4,000 feet southeast of Spring Hill Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewellery Quarter and Ladywood.
Jewellery Quarter
Suburb
Photo: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0.
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.
Ladywood
Suburb
Photo: Artrix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ladywood is an inner-city district next to central Birmingham. Historically in Warwickshire, in June 2004, Birmingham City Council conducted a citywide "Ward Boundary Revision" to round-up the 39 Birmingham wards to 40.
Brindleyplace
Locality
Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of Birmingham, England. It was named after Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built.
Spring Hill Library
- Categories: public library and library building
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.48509° or 52° 29′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.91947° or 1° 55′ 10″ westInception
1893Operator
Birmingham City CouncilOpen location code
9C4WF3PJ+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 74488584OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7580589
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