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The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 [1] in a 1.07-square-kilometre (264-acre) area. [ 2 ] The Jewellery Quarter is Europe's largest concentration of businesses involved in the jewellery trade and produces 40% of all the jewellery made ...
Jewellery Quarter station was opened in 1995, as part of the "Jewellery Line" project which saw the re-introduction of cross-city services via Birmingham Snow Hill. Midland Metro services commenced in 1999, when its first (and so far only) line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton opened. [2]
The view south along Newhall Street from the Jewellery Quarter. Lock number 9 underneath the double-arched Newhall Street bridge. Newhall Street is a street located in Birmingham, England. Newhall Street stretches from Colmore Row in the city centre by St Phillip's Cathedral in a north-westerly direction towards the Jewellery Quarter ...
Hockley is a central inner-city district in the city of Birmingham, England. It lies about one mile (1.5 kilometres) northwest of the city centre, and is served by the Jewellery Quarter station. Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter continues to thrive in Hockley, and much of the original architecture and small artisan workshops have survived intact.
Birmingham has the highest proportion of rail commuters in England outside London. [13] In the past few decades the proportion of journeys into central Birmingham by rail has grown sharply: 27% of journeys into Birmingham city centre in the peak hours were made by rail in 2012, compared to 17% in 2001, and 12% in 1991. [14] [15]
St Paul's Square (also known as St Pauls Square) [1] [2] is a Georgian square in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England, named after the church at its centre. It is the last remaining Georgian Square in the city. Built 1777—1779 on the Newhall estate of the Colmore family, it was an elegant and desirable location in the mid-nineteenth ...
English: Jewellery Quarter railway station Birmingham In January 2018, most trains on this route are operated by West Midlands Railway which took over the franchise from London Midland on December 10th 2017. Next station ahead is Birmingham Snow Hill. Jewellery Quarter tram station operated by Midland Metro is behind the fence on the left.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:23, 25 February 2011: 640 × 480 (78 KB): GeographBot == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1="Factory Houses", Albion Street, Jewellery Quarter Birmingham During the 19th century much manufacturing was carried out by artisans working in their own homes or in rooms hired out.