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Handsworth West Midlands Map

Traditional county: West Midlands · District / Borough: Birmingham · Region: West Midlands

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Place	Handsworth
Traditional County	West Midlands
District / Borough	Birmingham
Region	West Midlands
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	52.509744
Longitude	-1.949610
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Handsworth

Handsworth reveals a landscape where the soot of industrial heritage has long since softened into a dense, urban mosaic of brick and green space. It lies 1.5 miles north-north-east of Smethwick (from Smethwick: bearing 30°T, OS grid SP 035 902). Victorian terraces climb the inclines in rhythmic rows, their chimney stacks marking a horizon that once hummed with the kinetic energy of the steam revolution. Handsworth holds the memory of Boulton and Watt in its cooling canals, where the industrial ghosts of the Soho Foundry still seem to linger beneath the dark, reflective surface of the water. To the east, the expansive grounds of Handsworth Park offer a sprawling lung of greenery, where mature trees capture the slanted afternoon light and frame the paths with long, flickering shadows. The suburban character remains defined by a restless, multicultural vitality that breathes new life into the sturdy, red-brick bones of the nineteenth-century architecture. Even as the modern city presses against its borders, the area retains a distinct gravity, anchoring itself in the industrious spirit that once forged the tools of a changing world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Astle Gates (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 271° W
Sandwell Priory, A Benedictine Monastery (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 320° NW · 2 ha
Remains Of The Boulton And Watt Soho Foundry And Mint, Birmingham Canal, Smethwick (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 180° S · 2 ha
Waverhill Park (Park) — 1.0 mi, 125° SE
Smethwick Engine House (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 209° SSW
Lewisham Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 233° SW
Handsworth Park (Formerly Victoria Park) (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.1 mi, 088° E · 27 ha
Umbrello (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 090° E
Swan Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 331° NNW
Rabbit Village (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.2 mi, 312° NW
Soho House Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 122° ESE
Sandwell Park Farm (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 311° NW
Galton Valley Canal Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 231° SW
Forge Mill Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 355° N
Centre of the Earth (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 154° SSE
Smethwick Heritage Centre (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 209° SSW
River Tame Flood Gates (Viewpoint) — 1.7 mi, 008° N
Smethwick Hall Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 224° SW
John Chance Memorial Drinking Fountain (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 242° WSW
Key Hill Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.0 mi, 131° SE · 3 ha
Thimblemill Brook (River) — 2.1 mi, 205° SSW
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 130° SE
Bromford Junction (River) — 2.2 mi, 265° W
Chamberlain Clock (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 135° SE
Blue Orange Theatre (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 129° SE
Bishop Asbury Cottage (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 354° N
Roundhouse Birmingham (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 148° SSE
Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 140° SE
Odeon Luxe Birmingham Broadway Plaza (Cinema) — 2.8 mi, 155° SSE
Jugbury Hill (Barnford Hill) (Viewpoint) — 2.9 mi, 234° SW

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