Selly Oak
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Selly Oak is an area in south Birmingham, England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee.
Birmingham Selly Oak is a constituency; its member of Parliament is Dr Lynne Jones.
The Birmingham and Worcester Canal forms the northern boundary of the area.
A number of colleges, mainly theological, collectively called the Selly Oak Colleges are now part of the University of Birmingham.
The famous Cadbury chocolate factory is nearby in Bournville.
Population and services
Selly Oak is the principal area of private housing for students at the University of Birmingham, with over 1500 houses occupied. Because of its student orientation, there are a multitude of pubs, fast-food restaurants and the second highest concentration of curry houses in Birmingham outside of Moseley.
Selly Oak was blighted for a large part of the Twentieth Century by a road-widening scheme for the Bristol Road (A38). In the latter half of that century, many historic buildings were demolished, leaving a degraded urban environment.
External links
- Selly Oak Community Network pages
- Birmingham City Council's Selly Oak pages
- Photographs of Selly Oak
- A brief History of Selly Oak
- Selly Oak Library
- Map sources for Selly Oak
| Formal Districts in Birmingham: |
| Edgbaston | Erdington | Hall Green | Hodge Hill | Ladywood | Northfield | Perry Barr | Selly Oak | Sparkbrook | Sutton Coldfield | Yardley |
