Newtown
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| Inner-city area and electoral ward | |
 Scholefield Tower, Newtown | |
  Newtown Location within the West Midlands | |
| Population | 16,289 [1] |
| • Density | 7,529 people per square kilometre. |
| Language | English |
| OS grid reference | SP073882 |
| • Belfast | 360 km (220 mi) |
| • Cardiff | 140 km (87 mi) |
| • Douglas | 290 km (180 mi) |
| • Dublin | 300 km (190 mi) |
| • Edinburgh | 395 km (245 mi) |
| • London | 99 mi (159 km) |
| • Charing Cross | 160 km (99 mi) |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode district | B |
| Dialling code | 0121 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament |
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Newtown, Birmingham is an inner-city area north of Birmingham City Centre, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Newtown has connections to Birmingham’s music and cultural scene. It is a part of England's and an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council.[2]
Newtown is centred on New Town Row, a section of the A34 road, which runs from Birmingham City Centre through north-west Birmingham into Walsall; and part of the ring-road around the centre of the city, the A4540. Newtown ward is bordered by the Jewellery Quarter, the Gun Quarter and the University of Aston to the south; to the west is Hockley and the Hockley Flyover, to the north west, Lozells, to the north lies Birchfield and to the north east is Aston.
The quality of housing in the area deteriorated rapidly from the end of the Victorian period until the 1960s when some of the least favourable slum conditions in the city were to be found in Newtown.
Notable residents
- Larry Wright (priest), former Rector of St George's Newtown[3]
- Pelé Reid, British heavyweight born in Newtown
- Saido Berahino, from Burundi, moved to Newtown, aged 10
- Marnz Malone, from Jamaica, moved to Newtown, aged 2.
Notable buildings
- The Bartons Arms - A Grade II* listed Victorian pub built in 1901.
- Aston Hippodrome - Opened in 1908 on Potters Lane.
- St Stephen's the Martyr's Church - Built between 1842 and 1844 in an Early English Gothic style. It was designed by architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter.
- Legacy Centre of Excellence - a multi-purpose arts, education, and events centre.
- and The Elbow Room
Weather
Main page: Weather in Birmingham
Tower blocks
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Existing
Name, (approved, built).
(Parts of some of the houses was approved after they were built)
- Hodgson Tower
- This 20-storey tower block on Guildford Drive stands as one of the largest remaining structures from the northern sector of the original master plan.
- Baldwin House (1965, 1968)
- Inkerman House (1966, 1965)
- Unique 15-storey block constructed directly on top of the Newtown Shopping Centre.
- Sadler House (1966, 1965)
- Fallows House (1965, 1968)
- James House (1966, 1965)
- Lloyd House (1966, 1965)
- Reynolds House (1966, 1969)
- Built as a 13-storey twin profile on Newbury Road with Manton House.
- Thornton House (1965, 1968)
- Weston House (1965, 1968)
- Manton House (1966, 1969)
- Built as a 13-storey twin profile on Newbury Road with Reynolds House.
- Holland House (1963, 1964)
- Bowater House (1963, 1964)
- Cadbury House (1963, 1964)
- Ryland House (1963, 1964)
- Teviot Tower (1960, 1962)
- Rea Tower (1960, 1962)
- Geach Tower (1963, 1965)
- Scholefield Tower (1963, 1965)
- Martineau Tower (1963, 1965)
Demolished
(Name, built(year), demolished(year))
- Wiggin Tower (c.1970, 2002)
- Brooks Tower (c.1970, 2002)
- Clyde Tower (1967, 2006)
- Cornwall Tower (1970, 2014)
- Bower House (c.1970, 1998)
- Sayer House (c.1970, 1998)
- White House (c.1970, 1998)
- Hertford House (c.1970, c.1990s - 2006(phased clearance))
References
- https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/downloads/file/15487/newtown_factsheet
- "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- "St George's Church of England Primary Academy, Newtown". Retrieved 21 June 2026.
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