The Birmingham Outer Circle is a roughly circular, 43km bus route in Birmingham, England (a small section crosses into Sandwell). It follows the city's outer ring road, the A4040 with some small deviations. A bus is a large wheeled vehicle, intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ... The A4040 is the Outer Ring Road in Birmingham, England. ...

Buses on the Outer Circle travel both clockwise (service 11C) and anti-clockwise (11A). Operated by National Express owned Travel West Midlands with new Wrightbus Volvo double decker buses, although a few other company's buses occasionally serve small parts of the route. The number 11 is Europe's longest urban bus route and first came into existence in 1923. The route passes such landmarks as Cadbury's in Bournville, the world's largest chocolate factory. This article is about the company responsible for most long distance bus and coach services in the UK and the brand it uses; for information on the owning group, see the National Express Group article. ... Travel West Midlands a British bus operator. ... Wrightbus is the UKs largest independent coachbuilder and pioneer of the low floor bus in the United Kingdom. ... AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a Swedish world leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cadbury Schweppes plc (Cadbury Trebor Bassett), mostly just called Cadbury, NYSE: CSG is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London. ... Bournville is an area on the south side of Birmingham England, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and chocolate - including a dark chocolate bar branded Bournville. It is also home to a campus of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. ... Chocolate comes in dark, light, and white varieties with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is a large industrial building where workers manufacture goods or products. ...

A full circuit takes 2hrs and 20 minutes to complete, and the service carries 50,000 passengers each day. There are 272 bus stops. The route serves 233 schools, colleges or universities, 69 leisure and community facilities, 40 pubs, 19 retail centres and 6 hospitals. It also links some 15 commercial centres. A school is most commonly a place designated for learning. ... The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...

The route is also traversed, annually, by a cavalcade of vintage buses. Cavalcade was a spectacular stage play written by Noel Coward, premiered in London in 1931 and later made into a commercially and critically successful film, though it is little remembered now. ... Vintage near Sorrento, Italy, Jacob Philipp Hackert, c. ...

Route

(Clockwise from the A34, in the North of the city.) The A34 is a major road in England. ...

• Perry Barr
• Witton
• Erdington
• Ward End
• Stechford
• Yardley
• Acocks Green
• Hall Green (for Sarehole Mill)
• Kings Heath
• Cotteridge
• Bournville (for Cadbury World)
• Selly Oak
• Harborne
• Bearwood (in Sandwell)
• Winson Green
• Handsworth

Perry Barr constituency shown within Birmingham Perry Barr is an area in north Birmingham, England . ... Witton is an area of Aston, Birmingham, England. ... Erdington constituency shown within Birmingham Erdington is an area in north Birmingham, England. ... Ward End is an area of Birmingham, England. ... Stechford is an area of Birmingham, England. ... Yardley can refer to either: Yardley, a district in Birmingham, England Yardley in Pennsylvania, United States. ... Acocks Green (also written Acocks Green) is an area in south Birmingham, England. ... Hall Green constituency shown within Birmingham Hall Green is an area in south Birmingham, England. ... Sarehole Mill (grid reference SP099818) is a water mill in the Sarehole area of Birmingham, England, now run as a museum by Birmingham City Council. ... Kings Heath is a suburb of Birmingham, England , three miles south of the city centre. ... Cotteridge is an area of Birmingham, England. ... Bournville is an area on the south side of Birmingham England, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and chocolate - including a dark chocolate bar branded Bournville. It is also home to a campus of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. ... Cadbury World is a visitor attraction created by the Cadbury chocolate company at two locations: Birmingham, England Dunedin, New Zealand The tour includes exhibits on the history of chocolate, the Cadbury company, chocolate making, and other topics, as well as product samples, a childrens area, etc. ... Selly Oak constituency shown within Birmingham Selly Oak is an area in south Birmingham, England. ... Harborne is an area of Birmingham, England. ... Winson Green is a loosely- defined area in the West of Birmingham, England. ... Handsworth is a suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. ...

External links

• Birmingham City Council page about upgrading the route