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Courtenay Road, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8JQ

The housing in this grid square makes up the southern part of Birmingham's Oscott ward.

Not a conventional geograph maybe, but our street (Blenheim Way, Birmingham 44) is much more interesting when there are people about. Great Barr School on the skyline.

A view looking southwards on the dual carriageway B4138 - Kingstanding Road - taken on the first day of 2019. This area shares its name with the hamlet of Kingstanding in Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire. Time photo taken 1.58 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

This 12.6 acre open space used to be playing fields but is now just grass. Access for local people is not easy as the main vehicle entrance (seen in this view) off Kingstanding Road is locked and the entire boundary is completely fenced, apart from one small pedestrian access gap. Three disused lighting columns are the only structures on the field; there is one tiny tree too.In autumn 2019, the city council is aiming to dispose of the land for development under Section 77 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998. Public consultation is underway.

This view looks south. The three disused lighting columns are the only structures on the field; there is one tiny tree too. This 12.6 acre open space used to be playing fields but is now just grass. Access for local people is not easy as the main entrance off Kingstanding Road is locked and the entire boundary is completely fenced, apart from one small pedestrian access gap. In autumn 2019, the city council is aiming to dispose of the land for development under Section 77 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998. Public consultation is underway.

A cold afternoon with the sun setting. New Year 2025.

This 12.6 acre open space used to be playing fields but is now just grass. Access for local people is not easy as the main vehicle entrance (seen in this view) off Kingstanding Road is locked and the entire boundary is completely fenced, apart from one small pedestrian access gap. Three disused lighting columns are the only structures on the field; there is one tiny tree too. In autumn 2019, the city council is aiming to dispose of the land for development under Section 77 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998. Public consultation is underway.

This view shows Stowell Road in the distance. This 12.6 acre open space used to be playing fields but is now just grass. Access for local people is not easy as the main vehicle entrance off Kingstanding Road is locked and the entire boundary is completely fenced, apart from one small pedestrian access gap. In autumn 2019, the city council is aiming to dispose of the land for development under Section 77 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998. Public consultation is underway.

How has no-one else photographed this church for the site before now? This is an early 1960s construction, designed by the Maguire & Murray, built of buff brick and concrete in a modern style, and Grade II listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101375536-church-of-st-matthew-oscott-ward#.WqeH6fnFKM8 in 1997. The interior features a series of rising hexagons, with a boarded roof supported on timber beams, and brown terracotta paviors in the floor.