The Chinatown or Chinese Quarter in Birmingham, England is nestled between the gay village and city centre in the Deritend disrict of the city.

The area was originally a settlement for Jewish immigrants then known as the froggery because it was a swampy, wet and poverty stricken place. As the Italian immigrants took over Deritend and by 1918 the area was known as Little Italy. However the Italian community prospered and began to move to more upmarket areas of the city and eventually Little Italy disappeared. Deritend again became rundown. This made it a honeypot for poor Chinese immigrants in the 1950s, as Chinese restaurants became more commonplace, the area was soon dubbed Chinatown.

The first Chinese Community Centre was opened on Hurst street and doubled as a beancurd and beansprout factory. In 1969 Mr. Wing Yip and his brother Sammy opened their first specailist Chinese grocery store in Birmingham, the company is now one of the most successful Chinese businesses with several stores across England. The headquarters, of course, remain in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter. The area was redeveloped in the 1990s and is now the centre of Birmingham's nightlife, with several restaurants, bars and clubs.