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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 is a combined railway station and tram stop, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains (who operate the station), Chiltern Railways , and West Midlands Metro .
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.
Newhall Street lies in the Jewellery Quarter and Colmore Row and Environs Conservation Areas and has many listed buildings. 17 & 19 Newhall Street, Birmingham popularly known as the Bell Edison Telephone Building. This building is on the corner of Newhall Street and Edmund Street; The old Birmingham Assay Office (1877–2015)
The Jewellery Quarter - History and Guide, Marie Elizabeth Haddleton, ISBN 0-9513108-0-1 Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham , Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5 v
It reopened in 1987 as part of a completely redeveloped site with new office buildings replacing the original hotel, and multi-storey car parking over the station concourses. In 2011 a new station entrance was opened linking Snow Hill station to the Jewellery Quarter, on the other side of the A41 Queensway inner distribution road.
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.
Birmingham City Council have designed 31 conservation areas, [2] of which one, St Peter's Place, have been de-designated in 1976 following the demolition of the church in its centre. [3] The Castle Bromwich Conservation Area was transferred to Solihull following a boundary amendment from 1 April 1988.