Selly Oak constituency shown within Birmingham

Selly Oak is an area in south Birmingham, England. It is also a ward and formal district, managed by its own district committee. , from ImageBirminghamHodgeHill. ... , from ImageBirminghamHodgeHill. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... This page is about the Government of Birmingham, England. ... In Birmingham, England, each district is managed by a District Committee, made up of all the councillors for the wards in that district. ...

Birmingham Selly Oak is a constituency; its member of Parliament is Dr Lynne Jones. Birmingham Selly Oak is a constituency located in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Lynne Mary Jones (born 26 April 1951) is a British Labour Party politican and the Member of Parliament for the BirminghamSelly Oak constituency. ...

The Birmingham and Worcester Canal forms the northern boundary of the area. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England. ...

A number of colleges, mainly theological, collectively called the Selly Oak Colleges are now part of the University of Birmingham. These include the College of the Ascension, originally founded to train women missionaries. After the College of Ascension being closed down the USPG and the Methodist Churches in UK have started a new centre for Mission Studies at the Queens College, Somerset Road, Birmingham. This centre is known as Selly Oak Centre for Mission Studies (SOCMS). Rev Val is the Director for this centre and Rev Dr Joshva Raja is the tutor for the world Mission Studies. A seminary is a specialized university-like institution for the purpose of instructing students (seminarians) in theology, often in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ... The University of Birmingham is an English university in the city of Birmingham. ...

The famous Cadbury chocolate factory is nearby in Bournville. Bournville is an area on the south side of Birmingham, 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. ...

Population and services

Selly Oak is the principal area of private housing for students at the University of Birmingham, with over 1500 houses occupied. Due to the high number of students, there is a multitude of pubs such as the Gun Barrels, the Bristol Pear, TC's, the Soak and the Goose at the OVT. There are also numerous eateries on Bristol Road, such as Woodstock, Mud Cafe, Adam's Place and the Selly Sausage. Second only to Moseley, Selly Oak also has a high concentration of curry houses. There are also four supermarkets in the area: Tesco Express, Aldi, Budgens and Sainsbury's. The University of Birmingham is an English university in the city of Birmingham. ... Moseley Park during the 2003 festival Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, located 2 miles to the south of the city centre. ...

Selly Oak was blighted for a large part of the Twentieth Century by a road-widening scheme for the Bristol Road (A38). In the latter half of that century, many historic buildings were demolished, leaving a degraded urban environment. A38 passing under M50 in Worcestershire The A38 is a major trunk road in England. ...

Plans for significant regeneration of the area were confirmed in 2005. A new 10m wide, 1.5km stretch of road will alleviate the heavily congested Bristol Road, with improvements to public transport and other facilities in the area. A major Sainsbury's superstore will be built, replacing the existing Selly Oak store. Work will be completed by 2009. J Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, commonly known as Sainsburys, a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. ...

Selly Oak has a gym called the Tiverton Pool and Fitness Centre. This health centre includes a swimming pool, a smaller instruction pool, Pulse Point gym, sunbed, sauna and seating for spectators.

The redevelopment of the area also involves the local hospitals Selly Oak Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital which together form the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Construction work has started on a new hospital on the current Queen Elizabeth site, and is due to be completed in 2009. [1] On completion it is thought that Selly Oak Hospital will close. Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... dear elizabeth. ... The University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trustprovides adult district general hospital services for South Birmingham as well as specialist treatments for the West Midlands. ...

Selly Oak is served by Selly Oak railway station on the Birmingham Cross-City Line, providing services to Birmingham New Street, Lichfield Trent valley and Redditch stations. Selly Oak railway station is a rail station in Birmingham, UK on the Cross City Line between Redditch, Birmingham and Lichfield. ... The Cross-City Line is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands region of England. ... The tracks at the eastern end of Birmingham New Street station Class 390 no. ... Lichfield Trent Valley is the name of a train station on the outskirts of the city of Lichfield in Staffordshire, UK. It is one of two stations in Lichfield, the other being Lichfield City. ... Redditch railway station serves the town of Redditch, Worcestershire. ...

External links

• Selly Oak Community Network pages
• Birmingham City Council's Selly Oak pages
• Photographs of Selly Oak
• A brief History of Selly Oak
• Tiverton Pool and Fitness Centre
• Selly Oak Library
• Selly Oak New Road (Birmingham City Council website)
• 1884 Ordnance Survey map of Selly Oak
• Map sources for Selly Oak