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Edgbaston Reservoir, originally known as Rotton Park Reservoir and referred to in some early maps as Rock Pool Reservoir, [1] is a canal feeder reservoir in Birmingham, England, [2] [3] maintained by the Canal & River Trust. [4] It is situated close to Birmingham City Centre and is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. [5]
Edgbaston means "village of a man called Ecgbald", from the Old English personal name + tun "farm". The personal name Ecgbald means "bold sword" (literally "bold edge"). The name was recorded as a village known as Celboldistane in the Hundred of Coleshill in the 1086 Domesday Book [3] until at least 1139, wrongly suggesting that Old English stān "stone, rock" is the final element of the name.
Edgbaston Village is a tram stop on the West Midlands Metro located in Edgbaston. It opened on 17 July 2022 as the terminus of the Birmingham Westside extension, taking over from the Library . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is named for the newly created retail district in which it sits.
Edgbaston ward is a local government district, one of 40 wards that make up Birmingham City Council. Edgbaston lies to the south west of Birmingham city centre and is home to the University of Birmingham and the Queen Elizabeth hospital. The ward population at the 2011 census was 24,426. [2]
Maps from the 18th century show there used to be two ponds on the site but one has now been naturally filled in and overgrown. On the south side of the main pool, completed in 1790 and whose capacity is 59,100 m 3 (77,300 cu yd), is an earthfill dam holding the water in and a small weir . [ 2 ]
The tallest building in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area is Octagon, a 49-storey, 155-metre (509 ft) residential tower which forms part of the Paradise development in Birmingham city centre. Octagon surpassed Birmingham's tallest structure , the 140-metre (458 ft) BT Tower , and previous tallest residential building, the 132-metre (433 ft ...
Boundaries of Birmingham Edgbaston — constituency of UK Parliament — since 2024: Source No source specified. Please edit this file description and provide a source. Date 8 June 2024 Author Rcsprinter123. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
Five Ways is an area of Central Birmingham, England. It takes its name from a major road junction, now a busy roundabout (with pedestrian subways through a traffic island) to the south-west of the city centre which lies at the outward end of Broad Street , where the Birmingham Middle ring road crosses the start of the A456 ( Hagley Road).