Memorials and blue plaques in Birmingham
Blue plaques, memorials and monuments across Birmingham. A quiet place to read about the lives held in this England city, and to visit them in person.
344 locations, organised A to Z. Includes 8 war memorials.
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A B Row
Jennens Road (near A B Row and Millennium Point)

A B Row
Jennens Road (near A B Row and Millennium Point)

Acocks Green Recreation Ground
Corner of Fox Hollies Road and Westley Road, Acocks Green

Admiral Viscount Sir Horatio Nelson RN KB
Temple Row

Albert Ketèlbey
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, City Centre

Ald. Egbert Sylvester Carless OBE
South & City College Birmingham - Handsworth Campus - Soho Road, Handsworth

Ald. John Bowen JP
Tindal Street, Balsall Heath

Ald. W. Byng Kenrick
Grove Park, Mill Farm Road Harborne

Alfred Bird
Gibb Street

Anthony Pratt
9 Stanley Road, Kings Heath

Arthur Stansfield Dixon
New Guild House, 45 Great Charles Street

Aston University
Aston University

Aston Villa Football Club
Trinity Road

Atlas Works, Birmingham
Atlas Way, Brindleyplace

Austin Mini
Austin Park, Longbridge
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Benjamin Zephaniah
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Beorma
Bridge on the River Rea - Gooch Street, Highgate

Beorma
Bridge on the River Rea - Gooch Street, Highgate

Bernard Thomas Hinchley BA
19 Flint Green Road, Acocks Green

Bertha Bracey
93 Bournville Lane, Bournville

Bertha Ryland
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square

Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
Farmer's Bridge, Cambrian Wharf

Birmingham Central Library
Level 9, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square

Birmingham History Galleries
Birmingham History Galleries - Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - Chamberlain Square

Birmingham Law Society
Revolución de Cuba - 8 Temple Street

Birmingham Library
Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret Street

Birmingham Municipal Savings Bank
Former Lloyds TSB - Broad Street

Birmingham Pals
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - Great Charles Street Queensway

Blue Coat School, Birmingham
5 St Philips Place (former Prudential Assurance building)

Bourn Brook
The Bourn Brook, Cadbury World, Bournville

Bournville
Bournville Carillon Vistor Centre - The Rest House - Bournville Village Green

Brewmaster's House
The Brewmaster's House near the International Convention Centre

Britain's Spitfires
Jaguar Land Rover, Castle Bromwich

Britain's Spitfires
Jaguar Land Rover Castle Bromwich - Chester Road

Bronze plaque № 59630
Yardley Wood Road, Billesley

Bronze plaque № 73236
High Street

Bull's Head
1, Price Street
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Cadbury No 14
Cadbury World - Trade Street, Bournville

Canals in Wartime
Near the Toll Office - Cambrian Wharf, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal

Canon Dr Bryan Green DD
St Martin's Church in the Bullring

Cardinal John Henry Newman
Oratory Church, Hagley Road, Edgbaston

Castle Vale Estate
St Cuthbert's Church, Reed Square, Castle Vale

Cemetery Lodge
Cemetery Lodge - Warstone Lane Cemetery, Jewellery Quarter

Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham

Charles Lapworth
Aston Webb – A Block, Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Centre, Holliday Street

Conroy Maddox
Maddox House, Edmund Street

Constance Naden
20 Charlotte Road

Corporation Street
Sainsbury's Local, 133 Corporation Street

Council House Clock
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery / Council House, Chamberlain Square

Curzon Street railway station
New Canal Street
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Dame Dr Hilda Lloyd DBE
Medical School, University of Birmingham

Dame Dr Hilda Lloyd DBE
Birmingham Women's Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston

David Cox
116 Greenfield Road, Harborne

David Gwyn Justham
Birmingham Hippodrome - Hurst Street

David Lodge
Arts Building, University of Birmingham

DC Michael Swindells
Tame Valley Canal, Aston

Dr Francis Brett Young
105 Harborne Road, Edgbaston

Dr Hugh Morton
Boston Tea Party - High Street, Harborne

Dr John Ash
Temple Row

Dr John Humphreys PhD FSA FLS MA
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square

Dr Joseph Priestley FRS LLD
St Michael's Catholic Church, New Meeting Street (off Moor Street Queensway)

Dr Robert William Dale LLD
Carrs Lane Church, Carrs Lane, City Centre

Dr William Withering FRS
Edgbaston Golf Club, Church Road, Edgbaston

Duke Prince Richard
Moor Street Station

Duran Duran
Regency Wharf, Broad Street
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Edgbaston Archery & Lawn Tennis Society
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston

Edward Cadbury
Toposcope, Beacon Hill, Lickey Hills Country Park

Edward Cadbury
Toposcope, Beacon Hill, Lickey Hills Country Park

Edward Taylor
26 Highfield Road, Edgbaston

Edwin Francis Reynolds
School Road, Hall Green

Edwin Francis Reynolds
Baldwins Lane, Hall Green

Emma Barton
South & City College Birmingham, Digbeth Campus, High Street Deritend

Emmy Bridgwater
42 Lee Crescent, Edgbaston

Erdington Enclosure
Orphanage Road, Erdington

Ernest Henry Wilson
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Road
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Feeney Art Galleries
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square

Feeney Art Galleries
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Great Charles Street Queensway

Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim
144 Poplar Avenue, Edgbaston

Florence Barrow
23 Frederick Road, Edgbaston

Follett Osler FRS
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - Chamberlain Square

Francis William Aston
91 Tennal Road, Harborne

Francois Lafitte
Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham

Frederick Rowland Emett OBE
Ludgate Loft Apartments, 17 Ludgate Hill - Lionel Street

Frederick Shotton
Aston Webb – A Block, Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham

Frederick W. Lanchester
128 Oxford Road, Moseley

Frederick W. Lanchester
MBC Metal Powders, Montgomery Street, Sparkbrook
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George & Dragon (Pig & Tail)
Pig & Tail - Albion Street (Dayus Square), Jewellery Quarter

George Bodington
Flats on the corner of Gravelly Hill and Hillaries Rd., Erdington

George Cadbury
Bournville Carillon Vistor Centre - The Rest House - Bournville Village Green

George Cadbury
The Rest House, Bournville Village Green

George Cadbury
Bournville Junior School - 140 Linden Road, Bournville

George Cadbury
Bournville Carillon Vistor Centre - The Rest House - Bournville Village Green

George Cadbury
32 George Road, Edgbaston

George Dawson MA
The Shakespeare Memorial Room, Library of Birmingham

George Dixon
IKON Gallery, Oozells Square, Brindleyplace

George Edward Hunt
10 Bull Street, Harborne

George Lanchester
30 Dyott Road

George Neville Watson
Watson Building, University of Birmingham

George Richards Elkington
144 Newhall Street

George Richards Elkington
Old Elkington Works, 144 Newhall Street

Gild Hall of the Holy Cross, Birmingham
Lloyds TSB Bank, New Street, City Centre

Grand Hotel, Birmingham
Grand Hotel - Church Street
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Ian Hambridge
St Andrews Ground

Ida B. Wells
Edgbaston Community Centre

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Curzon Street Station, New Canal Street

International Convention Centre, Birmingham
The Council House, Victoria Square

International Convention Centre, Birmingham
The ICC, Broad Street

International Convention Centre, Birmingham
Symphony Hall and The ICC

Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Birmingham Snow Hill Station - behind 1 Colmore Row
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J. R. R. Tolkien CBE FRSL
Sarehole Mill, Cole Bank Rd

J. R. R. Tolkien CBE FRSL
Highfield Day Nursery and Preschool - 3-4 Highfield Road, Edgbaston

J. R. R. Tolkien CBE FRSL
Plough and Harrow Hotel, Hagley Road, Edgbaston

James Chance Memorial
d. 1900War Memorial
Location details from OpenStreetMap

James Henry Cook
Pitman Chambers, 153 Corporation Street

James Horsfall
St Cyprian's Church, Fordrough, Hay Mills

James Watt
Regent Street

James Watt
Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts - Birmingham Crown Court - Dalton Street

James Watt
The Lodge - 33 Radnor Road, Handsworth

James Watt
The Lodge - 33 Radnor Road, Handsworth

Jane Loudon
Kitwell Infant and Primary School, Wychbury Road

Jasper Carrott
City Hospital

Javelin Block
32-35 Water Street, Jewellery Quater

John Baskerville
Baskerville House, Centenary Square

John Baskerville
Baskerville House, Centenary Square, Broad Street

John Baskerville
Industry and Genius monument - Centenary Square

John Betts
61 Charlotte Street / 55 St Paul's Square

John Bright MP
Level 9, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square

John Cadbury
Bournville Carillon Vistor Centre - The Rest House - Bournville Village Green

John Curry OBE
Arden Lodge Residential Home - 946 Warwick Road, Acocks Green

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JFK Memorial - Floodgate Street / High Street Deritend, Digbeth

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JFK Memorial - High Street Deritend, Digbeth

John Freeth
East Mall - Bullring (to the right of the Horatio Nelson statue)

John Hardman
101 Hunter’s Road, Lozell’s

John Henry Barlow
1020-1022 Bristol Road, Selly Oak

John Henry Poynting
Poynting Building, University of Birmingham

John Middlemore
Spooner Croft Linear Park, St Luke’s Road, Highgate

John Powell
Nechells POD, 28 Oliver Street, Nechells

John Sinclair
Westmere, University of Birmingham

John Sutton Nettlefold JP
Winterbourne House, University of Birmingham

John Sutton Nettlefold JP
Moorpool Hall, Harborne

Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square

Joseph Chamberlain MP
Chamberlain Memorial - Chamberlain Square

Joseph Chamberlain MP
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock - Warstone Lane / Vyse Street / Frederick Street

Joseph Chamberlain MP
Highbury Hall, Yew Tree Road, Moseley

Joseph Gillott
Victoria Works, Graham Street

Joseph Lucas
Great King Street North

Joseph Sampson Gamgee FRSE
Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad Street

Joseph Southall
13 Charlotte Road, Edgbaston

Joseph Sturge
Eden Croft, 64 Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston

Joseph Sturge
Joseph Sturge statue - outside Marriott Hotel - Five Ways

Joy Fifer MBE
Moseley Bog & Joy's Wood - Yardley Wood Road, Moseley

Julia Varley OBE
42 Hay Green Lane, Bournville
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Kate Bunce
St Alban's Church, Conybere Street

Kathleen Dayus MA
Dayus Square, Jewellery Quarter

KATYN 1940
Polish Millennium House, Bordesley Street

Kimberley Workshops
27-32 Mary Street, Jewellery Quarter

King Charles I of England
The Boar's Head, 340 Aldridge Road, Great Barr

Kip Freshwater
Bath Street Subway under St Chad's Queensway

Kurt Johnathon Grigg
17 Tiverton Road, Selly Oak
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Madeleine Carroll
The Carroll Room, University of Birmingham

Mahatma Gandhi
Woodbrooke - 1046 Bristol Road, Selly Oak

Major Dr John Hall-Edwards FRSE
Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane

Major Harry Gem
8 Ampton Road, Edgbaston

Margery Fry
University House, University of Birmingham

Marie Bethell Beauclerc
Outside the Shakespeare Memorial Room, Level 9, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square

Mary Cottrell
1393 - 1395 Pershore Road, Stirchley

Matthew Boulton
corner of Steelhouse Lane and Priory Queensway

Matthew Boulton
Soho House, Soho Avenue, Handsworth

Matthew Boulton
Corner of Charlotte Street and Newhall Street

Minnie May
95 Springfield Road, Kings Heath

Monica Pearce
St Mary’s Hospice, 176 Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak

Moor Street railway station
Moor Street Station

Moor Street railway station
Moor Street Station

Moor Street railway station
Moor Street Station

Mothers Club
185 High Street, Erdington

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Vyse Street, Jewellery Quarter
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Naughton Dunn
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Bristol Road South, Northfield

Neville Chamberlain FRS
Edgbaston High School, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston

Neville Chamberlain FRS
Former Lloyds TSB - Broad Street

New Frankley
12 Arden Road, Rubery

Newman Brothers Coffin Works
Coffin Works - 13 and 15 Fleet Street

Norton Motor Cycle Company
Bracebridge Street, Aston

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
548-550 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath
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Patrick Rae
Platform 3 at Birmingham Moor Street Station

Peaky Blinders
The Rainbow - 160 High Street, Bordesley

Pebble Mill Studios
Circle Rehabilitation Hospital Birmingham - Pebble Mill Road, Edgbaston

Percy Lionel Shurmer
Percy Shurmer Academy, Longmore Street, off Belgrave Middleway

Peter Hollingworth JP
Five Ways Island

Philip Matsell
Great Charles Street

plaque № 71518
Victoria Square

Prince Rupert
Bordesley Middleway, Camp Hill Circus

Pte. James Cooper VC
Warstone Lane Cemetery Lodge, Warstone Lane

PYPE HAYES MEMORIAL STONE AND GARDEN
War Memorial
Location details from OpenStreetMap
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Ray Lightwood
Medical School, University of Birmingham

Rev John Angell James
Moseley School, Wake Green Road, Moseley

Rev Peter Stanford
Highgate Baptist Church, Conybere Street, Highgate

Rev Thomas Swan
3 Yew Tree Road, Edgbaston

Richard Cadbury
Bournville Carillon Vistor Centre - The Rest House - Bournville Village Green

Richard Cadbury
17 Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston

Richard Cadbury
Linden Road

Richard Cadbury
Bournville Lane, Bournville

Richard Ketley
Old Snow Hill

Robert Martineau
Council House, Victoria Square

roller coaster, Birmingham
Newhall Street

Ron Kirby
Edgbaston Reservoir - Reservoir Road, Ladywood

Rood End War Memorial
d. 1921War Memorial
Location details from OpenStreetMap

Rotary Club, Birmingham
Midland Hotel, New Street, City Centre

Rowe Bros & Co
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
4 Brook Street

Royal School for the Deaf Children
Audley St George's Place - Church Road, Edgbaston

Rt Hon. John Boyd-Carpenter PC
High Street Deritend, Digbeth
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Sampson Lloyd
Lloyd’s Farmhouse, Farm Park, Sampson Road, Sparkhill

Samuel Lines
3 Temple Row West

Samuel Malkin
13, St. Paul's Square

Samuel Pepys PRS
Cadbury World - Bull Street

Samuel Timmins
18 Elvetham Road, Edgbaston

Saracen's Head
St Nicolas Place - 81 The Green, Kings Norton

Saturday Bridge
Saturday Bridge, Summer Row

Selly Park Property Owners' Association
Selly Park Road, Selly Park

Sgt Albert Gill VC
Dudley Road

Sgt Alfred Joseph Knight VC MBE
Park Regis Birmingham - on a red post box - Islington Row Middleway

Sgt Arthur Vickers VC
Junction Industrial Park, Electric Avenue, Witton

Sid Field
152 Osborn Road, Sparkbrook

SIFA Fireside
SIFA Fireside, 48-52 Allcock Street, Digbeth

Sir Barry Jackson
The REP, Centenary Square

Sir Barry Jackson
The Old Rep Theatre, Station Street

Sir Edward Burne-Jones ARA 1st Baronet
10-13 Bennetts Hill

Sir Edward Burne-Jones ARA 1st Baronet
11 / 12 Bennetts Hill, City Centre

Sir Edward Elgar GCVO OM 1st Baronet
Bramall Concert Hall, University of Birmingham

Sir Gilbert Barling CBE FRCS 1st Baronet
6, Manor Road, Ladywood

Sir Granville Bantock
Metchley Abbey, Metchley Rd, Harborne

Sir Granville Bantock
Bramall Concert Hall, University of Birmingham

Sir John Benjamin Stone JP MP
Taylor Memorial Home, Grange Road, Erdington

Sir John Major CH KG
Cadbury World reception - Bournville

Sir John Randall
Nuffield, University of Birmingham

Sir Lord Herbert Austin KBE
Central Avenue, The Austin Village, Northfield

Sir Lord Herbert Austin KBE
Central Avenue, The Austin Village, Northfield

Sir Lord Herbert Austin KBE
Austin Park, Longbridge

Sir Mark Oliphant KBE
Nuffield, University of Birmingham

Sir Michael Balcon
George Dixon School, City Road, Edgbaston

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
Arts Building, University of Birmingham

Sir Norman Haworth FRS
Haworth Building, University of Birmingham

Sir Oliver Lodge
City South Campus extension, Birmingham University

Sir Peter Medawar CH OM CBE FRS
Biosciences, University of Birmingham

Sir Richard Tangye
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square

Sir Rowland Hill KCB
Landrow Place - 86 Lionel Street

Sir Rt Hon. Austen Chamberlain KG PC
Giles House - 83 Harborne Road, Edgbaston

Sir Rt Hon. Lord Harold Wilson OBE KG PC
Level 9, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square

Sir Whitworth Wallis FSA
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square

Sir William Ashley
Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham

Snow Hill railway station
Birmingham Snow Hill Station - near the Living Wall

Snow Hill railway station
Snow Hill Railway Station

South Cocoa Block
South Cocoa Block, Cadbury World, Bournville

St Paul's Church
Midlands Heating Spares - Moseley Road, Balsall Heath

St Paul's Club and St Paul's Square
Junction of Caroline Street and St. Paul's Square

St Thomas's Church
The Peace Garden, Granville Street

St Thomas's Church
The Peace Garden, Granville Street

Stratford Road Bridge
Greet Mill Meadow - Stratford Road, Hall Green

Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Symphony Hall and The ICC

Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Symphony Hall, Centenary Square
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Taylors & Lloyds
Between Albert St. and Carrs Lane, Dale End

The Austin Longbridge Car Factory
Near Bournville College - College Street, Longbridge

The Austin Longbridge Car Factory
Bournville College - High Street, Longbridge

The Austin Longbridge Car Factory
ExtraCare Retirement Village - near Lickey Road, Longbridge

The Austin Longbridge Car Factory
Between Boots and Poundland - Longbridge Town Centre

The Austin Longbridge Car Factory
Between Sainsbury's and Greggs - High Street

The Austin Longbridge Car Factory
ExtraCare Retirement Village - Austin Way, Longbridge

The Austin Longbridge Car Factory
Under a former railway bridge, Bristol Road South, Longbridge

The Black Horse
The Black Horse - Bristol Road South, Northfield

The Electric Cinema
The Electric Cinema, Station Street

The Golden Lion
Cannon Hill Park, Edgbaston

The Great Stone
The Village Pound, Church Road, Northfield

The Guild of Graduates and other Friends of the University
The Great Hall, Aston Webb Building, University of Birmingham

The Most Rev. Edward White Benson
Benson House - 98-104 Lombard Street, Highgate

The Natan Meteorite
Edgbaston Street

The Old Contemptibles
The Old Contemptibles - Edmund Street

The Recreation Grounds, Bournville
The Recreation Grounds, Cadbury World, Bournville

The U.S. Women's Army Corps 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
King Edward's School - Bristol Road, Edgbaston

The War Stone
Warstone Lane (outside the Cemetery)

Theatre Royal, Birmingham
1st floor, The Charters Building, New Street, City Centre

Theresa Stewart
15 Selly Wick Road, Selly Park

Thomas Attwood
Crescent Tower, Brindley Walk

Thomas Bray
Rectory Farm, Ragley Drive, Church Rd, Sheldon

Thomas Hall BD
Old Grammar School, in the Churchyard on Kings Norton Green

Thomas Telford
Old Turn Junction (near the NIA)

Toll Office
Cambrian Wharf, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal

Tom Pitt
The Walled Garden - Winterbourne House and Garden, 58 Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston

Tony de Vit
The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Deritend

Tony Hancock
41 Southam Road, Hall Green

Tony Hancock
Below the Tony Hancock statue - Old Square

Trade Street
Cadbury World - Trade Street, Bournville

Tyseley Locomotive Works
Tyseley Locomotive Works

Tyseley Locomotive Works
Tyseley Locomotive Works
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W. H. Auden
Harborne Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre, Lordswood Road

W. Sutherns
Old Yardley Grammar School, Church Road

War Memorial
War Memorial
Location details from OpenStreetMap

War Memorial
War Memorial
Location details from OpenStreetMap

Warwickshire County Cricket Club
South Stand - Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Edgbaston Road, Edgbaston

Washington Irving
The Argent Centre, Legge Lane, Jewellery Quarter

Wesleyan Assurance Society
Cafe Nero, 74 Corporation Street - Martineau Place

White's Chocolate House
Cadbury World - Bull Street

White's Chocolate House
Cadbury World - Bull Street

William Bloye
City College, 103 - 105 Golden Hillock Road

William Gear RA FRSA RBSA
46 George Road, Edgbaston

William Haywood
The Wellington - 37 Bennetts Hill

William Hutton
High Street, facing New Street in the City Centre

William Lench
Quinborne Community Centre, 80 Ridgacre Road, Quinton

William Nicholson MP
The Old Contemptibles - Edmund Street

William Sands Cox FRS
House of Fraser, Temple Row, City Centre

William Shakespeare
The Shakespeare, Summer Row

William Tallis
Bournville Baths - Main Street South, Bournville

William Whiteway (Alec) Alexander
Alexander Stadium, Perry Park, Perry Barr

Worcester Bar
Gas Street Basin - Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Worcester Bar

Worcester Bar
Worcester Bar, Gas Street Basin

WWI Memorial
d. 1926War Memorial
Location details from OpenStreetMap
Data sources
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- © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
- Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.
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