Former Grove Lane public baths, Handsworth
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Former Grove Lane public baths, Handsworth
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 22 Apr 2023
The baths were built on a corner of the Handsworth Park site by the Handsworth Local Board, as the district had not yet become part of Birmingham. They opened in 1907 and offered "First and Second Class Swimming Baths, suites of First and Second Class Private Baths for Men and Women and an excellent Turkish Baths designed in ‘an appropriate Eastern style’." See the Baths and Wash Houses historical archive site https://www.bathsandwashhouses.co.uk/archive/your-local-buildings/birmingham/birmingham-grove-lane-baths/ . Only the front survives, converted into housing, with the site of all those baths replaced by a street of housing, Pike Close. Houses should now have baths or showers, while a swimming pool is provided by the Wellness Center in the park.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.509852
Longitude
-1.930706