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Tamworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Tamworth Borough Council is a Grade II* listed building . [ 1 ]
Tamworth (/ ˈ t æ m w ər θ /, / ˈ t æ m ə θ /) is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England, 14 miles (23 km) north-east of Birmingham. The town borders North Warwickshire to the east and south, Lichfield to the north, south-west and west. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through it.
The council meets at Tamworth Town Hall on Market Street in the centre of the town, which had been built in 1701. [18] The council's main offices are at Marmion House, a tower block on Lichfield Street which had been built in 1960 and was bought by the council in 1980, opening as its headquarters the following year. [ 19 ]
English: The Town Hall, Market Place, Tamworth Built in 1701 by Thomas Guy, M.P. for the town. It is of mellow brick with arcades at ground level, large Jacobean windows and a steeply-pitched roof topped by a cupola. (The Shell Guide to England, 1970) It once housed the Butter Market and was used to store the town s fire engine.
Ankerside Shopping Centre is a shopping center in Tamworth, Staffordshire. It is located beside the River Anker . [ 1 ] It is owned by the Irish firm Martin Property Group.
Belgrave is an area of Tamworth, Staffordshire, roughly 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) from the town centre. The main feature of Belgrave is Marlborough way which cuts the area in half. Belgrave contains Tamworth fire station, a Morrisons supermarket, a high school, three primary schools and is bordered by Two Gates, Wilnecote and Glascote.
Sitting on the Glascote Road that runs from Tamworth town centre the village of Glascote is the oldest part containing mainly Victorian Terrace houses whilst much of Glascote located near the Marlborough Way dates from the post 1960s when the area grew rapidly and as a result much of the area has New Town style architecture.
Tamworth Castle, a Grade I listed building, [1] is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. Before boundary changes in 1889, however, the castle was within the edge of Warwickshire while most of the town belonged to Staffordshire.