Selly Oak
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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)
Harborne
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Harborne is an area of south-west Birmingham, England. It is located three miles southwest from Birmingham city centre. It is a Birmingham City Council ward in the formal district and in the parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston.
The Clock Tower, Harborne
The former City of Birmingham fire station, now divided up and converted into private homes.
St Mary's RC Church, Vivian Road, Harborne
David Cox, 1856