Birmingham

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Birmingham, England’s second city, sits at the heart of the West Midlands and is known for its canals, cultural landmarks, and diverse neighbourhoods. The city centre features modern landmarks such as the Bullring, Library of Birmingham, and Symphony Hall, alongside historic buildings like Birmingham Town Hall and St Philip’s Cathedral. The extensive canal network, once central to industry, now offers leisure and waterfront regeneration. Parks and green spaces, including Sutton Park, one of the largest urban parks in Europe, balance the urban setting. Birmingham’s suburbs range from historic areas like Jewellery Quarter to leafy Edgbaston, creating a varied cityscape.

The local government for this district is: Birmingham City Council (Metropolitan District).

This district page, Birmingham, is a sub-page of this county page: West Midlands and this region page: West Midlands. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Birmingham

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Birmingham

Birmingham is divided into 69 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Acocks Green
  • Allens Cross
  • Alum Rock
  • Aston
  • Balsall Heath West
  • Bartley Green
  • Billesley
  • Birchfield
  • Bordesley & Highgate
  • Bordesley Green
  • Bournbrook & Selly Park
  • Bournville & Cotteridge
  • Brandwood & King's Heath
  • Bromford & Hodge Hill
  • Castle Vale
  • Druids Heath & Monyhull
  • Edgbaston
  • Erdington
  • Frankley Great Park
  • Garretts Green
  • Glebe Farm & Tile Cross
  • Gravelly Hill
  • Hall Green North
  • Hall Green South
  • Handsworth
  • Handsworth Wood
  • Harborne
  • Heartlands
  • Highter's Heath
  • Holyhead
  • King's Norton North
  • King's Norton South
  • Kingstanding
  • Ladywood
  • Longbridge & West Heath
  • Lozells
  • Moseley
  • Nechells
  • Newtown
  • North Edgbaston
  • Northfield
  • Oscott
  • Perry Barr
  • Perry Common
  • Pype Hayes
  • Quinton
  • Rubery & Rednal
  • Shard End
  • Sheldon
  • Small Heath
  • Soho & Jewellery Quarter
  • South Yardley
  • Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East
  • Sparkhill
  • Stirchley
  • Stockland Green
  • Sutton Four Oaks
  • Sutton Mere Green
  • Sutton Reddicap
  • Sutton Roughley
  • Sutton Trinity
  • Sutton Vesey
  • Sutton Walmley & Minworth
  • Sutton Wylde Green
  • Tyseley & Hay Mills
  • Ward End
  • Weoley & Selly Oak
  • Yardley East
  • Yardley West & Stechford

Birmingham in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Birmingham is an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) West Midlands
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ West Midlands
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Birmingham

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.