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Marston Green, Birmingham
Taken on final to Birmingham Airport.
Image: © Richard Cooke
Taken: 30 Sep 2014
0.15 miles
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OS benchmark - Marston Green, no 66 Tile Cross Road
An OS cutmark on the front of no 66 Tile Cross Road; originally levelled in 1965 at 96.348m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 6 May 2014
0.16 miles
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Convenience store in Kitts Green
At the junction of Shirestone Road with St Giles Road
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 29 Jul 2014
0.17 miles
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North on Tile Cross Road
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 30 May 2019
0.17 miles
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OS benchmark - Marston Green, no 111 Tile Cross Road
An OS cutmark at the side of no 111 Tile Cross Road; originally levelled in 1965 at 95.205m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 6 May 2014
0.18 miles
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Leominster House, Tile Cross
One of a pair - there's a more or less identical block of flats a little further north along Tile Cross Road.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 30 May 2019
0.18 miles
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Emmanuel Christian Fellowship church in Tile Cross
Situated on Shirestone Road in Tile Cross.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 29 Jul 2014
0.18 miles
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Tower Blocks, Shirestone Road
These six Y-shaped housing blocks were built in 1951, a time of acute housing shortage, for Birmingham County Borough Council (according to Lynsey Hanley in 'Estates', they were the first high-rise council housing in Birmingham). Each block is of 6 storeys with 30 dwellings, so, 180 homes in total. They were built by Wimpey to their 'no-fines' method (concrete made from clinker with no fine aggregates). They were named after Midlands country towns: Banbury, Ledbury, Leominster, Monmouth (now in Wales), Redditch and Stafford. Ledbury House can be seen in the foreground. See https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/development/tile-cross
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 8 May 2014
0.18 miles
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Wildflower meadow by Tile Cross Road
Looking towards the bus terminus, where a bus can be seen, and the buildings at the junction of Tile Cross Road with St. Giles Road and Bell Lane. The wildflowers have been planted at the edge of a small park between St. Giles Road and Mackadown Lane. The flowers appear to be mainly corn marigolds (yellow) with some corn chamomile (white petals) and cornflower (blue); there were also some poppies also (not visible in the photo) - a typical 'cornfield wildflower' seed packet mixture.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 27 Aug 2014
0.20 miles
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Open space, east of Mackadown Lane
Birmingham's eastern suburbs are blessed with many open spaces and parks.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 16 May 2012
0.20 miles