Selly Oak is an industrial and residential area in south-west Birmingham, England. The area gives its name to Selly Oak ward and 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, and Bournville. A district committee serves the four wards of Selly Oak, Billesley, Bournville and Brandwood. The same wards form the Birmingham Selly Oak constituency, represented since 2010 by Steve McCabe (Labour). Selly Oak is connected to Birmingham by the Pershore Road (A441) and the Bristol Road (A38). The Worcester and Birmingham Canal and the Birmingham Cross-City Railway Line run across the Local District Centre.
View of Selly Oak High Street (A38 Bristol Road) looking south towards Northfield
Aerial view of the railway bridge (nearest to camera) and canal aqueduct, over the diverted A38, taken in January 2013
Brass plaque that reads "Butt of Old Oak Tree from which the name of Selly Oak was derived
Oil painting of 'The Old Selly-Oak Tree' by W. Stone (1897)
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. Before 2018 it was in Selly Oak Council Ward. Prior to what is commonly termed the Greater Birmingham Act, which came into effect on 9 November 1911, the Bourn Brook watercourse was the North Eastern boundary of Worcestershire, and the area was locally governed by the King's Norton and Northfield Urban District Council.
View of Bournbrook High Street (B384 Bristol Road) looking north towards Edgbaston
BCTC's Car No. 104 outside the tram shed in Dawlish Road, Bournbrook, in 1891. This vehicle still survives at the Black Country Living Museum.
Shops on the Bristol Road (A38 road) in Bournbrook
The Goose at the Old Varsity Tavern (formerly the Bournbrook Hotel), Market Place, Bournbrook