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| Harborne | |
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 The Clock Tower, Harborne | |
  Harborne Location within theWest Midlands | |
| Population | 23,001 (2011.Ward)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP020836 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode district | B17 & B32 |
| Dialling code | 0121 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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Harborne is an affluent area sited 3 miles (5 kilometres) south-west ofBirmingham, in theWest Midlands, England. It is aBirmingham City Councilward in theformal district and in theparliamentary constituency ofBirmingham Edgbaston.
There is evidence of a Roman fort around theQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Metchley Park,[2][3] near Harborne.
The earliest written mention of Harborne is an entry in theDomesday Book of 1086,[4] however the settlement pre-dates this. The spelling ofHarborne has appeared with several variations through the centuries, and the derivation of the place name has often been disputed. One of the more probable suggestions is 'boundary brook', although 'high brow' and 'dirty brook' are also possibilities.[5][6]
Harborne is aVictorian suburb with a large stock of housing dating from pre-1900 (found mainly around the High Street), and the early 20th century. The oldest part of what is known locally as 'Harborne Village' is centred onSt Peter's Church, (Church of England), Old Church Road, which dates fromAnglo-Saxon times (St Chad preached there) and whose tower was (re)constructed in the 14th century.[citation needed]
As a non-Quaker area of the city, Harborne became well-supplied withpublic houses compared to nearby areas such as Edgbaston and Bournville. There is a famousHarborne Runpub crawl consisting of from 10 to 15 pubs (the agreed itinerary varies).
St Mary's Church was the first Roman Catholic congregation formed by thePassionists who worshiped in a disused Methodist Chapel on Harborne High Street from 1870.[citation needed] Building work started on the current church, in Vivian Road, on 8 September 1875 and it opened on 6 February 1877.[7] TheAugustinians (Austin Friars) arrived at St Mary's in 1973[citation needed][8] to a growing Catholic population; work on a new church, attached to the side of the old church, started on 1 August 1977 and was finished in 56 weeks.[citation needed] St Mary's Parish Centre was opened in 1990 and is next door to the church.[citation needed]
Harborne railway station opened on 10 August 1874, at the end of the shortHarborne Branch Line; this left theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway's Birmingham-Wolverhampton line at Ladywood. It was closed to passengers on 26 November 1934 and to freight traffic in November 1963.[9] The former trackbed forms theHarborne Walkway, a two-mile (3 km) nature walk and cycling route from Harborne to Ladywood, where the canal can be followed either to Birmingham or Wolverhampton.
Harborne became part of the county borough of Birmingham and thus transferred fromStaffordshire toWarwickshire in 1891[4] by the Local Govt. Bd.'s Prov. Orders Conf. (No. 13) Act, 54 & 55 Vic. c. 161 (local act), or in 1894[10] In 1911, thecivil parish had a population of 13,902.[11] On 1 April 1912, the parish was abolished and merged with Birmingham.[12] It then became part of theWest Midlands in 1974 by theLocal Government Act 1972.
Harborne lies to the west ofEdgbaston, to the north ofSelly Oak, to the east ofQuinton, and to the south of theBearwood andWarley areas of neighbouringSandwell.
As aparish, it covered an area of 3,300 acres (1,300 hectares), 100 acres (40 hectares) of which was ofwoodland and plantations[citation needed].
Harts Green is an area of Harborne.[13]
TheUnited Kingdom 2011 census revealed that 23,001 lived in Harborne; 17% of people were aged under 16, 69% were aged between 16 and 64, while 14% were aged over 65. The minority ethnic population made up 33% of the ward's population, compared with 41% for Birmingham. The census found that 75% (11,997) of the population aged 16 to 74 were working or seeking work, which compared with 69% for Birmingham.[14]
There are four secondary schools in Harborne: Baskerville School,Harborne Academy,Lordswood Boys' School andLordswood Girls' School.
There are six primary schools:Birmingham Blue Coat School, Chad Vale Primary School (both lie on the border between Harborne andEdgbaston), Harborne Primary School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Welsh House Farm Community School.
Harborne is currently served by Harborne Library which formally opened on 12 November 1892, occupying a formerMasonic Hall, which was built in 1879.[15]
| Harborne Primary School | |
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| Address | |
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Station Road Harborne ,, B17 9LU England | |
| Coordinates | 52°27′32″N1°57′11″W / 52.459°N 1.953°W /52.459; -1.953 |
| Information | |
| Type | Community School |
| Established | 1 September 2000 (2000-09-01) |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Department for Education URN | 132261Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of the Governors | Karen Mackenzie[16] |
| Principal | Mr Mark Slater |
| Head of School | Mrs Mandy Hughes |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 4 to 11 |
| Enrolment | 629 |
| Capacity | 595[17] |
| Houses | Hanover Stuart Tudor Windsor |
| Colour(s) | Red andYellow |
| Website | http://www.harborne.bham.sch.uk |
Harborne Primary School is aco-educationalprimary school for pupils aged 4 to 11. As of September 2014, the school had 629 students.[18]
TheEdwardianinfant school opened in 1902; ajunior school was added to the site in 1912. In September 2000 the two schools were merged, forming Harborne Primary School as it is today.[19]
On 27 April 2011, a roof fire caused significant damage to the structure of the junior school.[20] More than 60 firefighters tackled the blaze. None of the pupils or staff were injured. The infant school reopened a week later, with the juniors moved to nearby Harborne Hall hotel for six months whilst the rebuild took place.[21]Birmingham City Council awarded the school £1.3 million for the rebuild project, which was completed a year later, in April 2012.[22]
In 2015, the school submitted plans to build an annex site on the ground ofLordswood Girls' School, to expand the school from 630 to 1050 places. The plans were opposed by residents of the nearby Hagley Road Retirement Village.[23] Further plans were submitted for a site on Court Oak Road, nearQueen Alexandra College, to expand the school to 840 pupil places. In preparation for the expansion, the school will accept a further 30 reception children on its main site in September 2018. The one form entry annexe opened in September 2019.[24][25]
Harborne ward forms part of theBirmingham Edgbaston constituency at Westminster, represented byLabour'sPreet Gill since2017. At local government level, Harborne ward is represented onBirmingham City Council by one councillor from the Labour Party and one councillor from theConservative Party.The former leader of Birmingham City Council,Mike Whitby, was a councillor in Harborne from 1997 to2014 and was made a life peer taking the title of Baron Whitby, of Harborne in the City of Birmingham.[26]
The ward has a Ward Support Officer.[4]
National Express West Midlands is the primary bus operator in the area. Key routes include:[27]
Since the closure ofHarborne railway station in 1934, the area's closest station has beenUniversity.West Midlands Trains operates services on theCross-City Line toRedditch,Birmingham New Street andLichfield Trent Valley; it also runs longer-distance services toHereford.[28]CrossCountry operates hourly services betweenCardiff Central, Birmingham New Street andNottingham.[29]
Harborne Hockey Club was founded in 1903 and is the highest ranked club in the local area.[citation needed] The club has six ladies' and five men's teams as well as a youth section. It is the only club in the West Midlands to be affiliated to Flyerz Hockey, which supports people with disabilities to play sport.
Harborne'stennis court facilities can be found inMoorpool at The Circle and on Moor Pool Avenue. Harborne has threebowling greens, two at public houses (Green Man and The Bell) and one in Moorpool.Grove Park andQueens Park are both in Harborne.
There are two golf courses, (Harborne Golf Course and Harborne Municipal Golf Course, as well as a cricket ground. When the swimming pool was rebuilt and opened in 2012, it was Birmingham's first new swimming pool for more than twenty years; the centre also houses fitness facilities.[30] Harborne is bordered by Bourn Brook Walkway on the south and Harborne Walkway to the north east.[31][32]
The Harborne Mile is apub crawl from one end of Harborne High Street (and ancillary roads) to the other, involving all or some of the public houses listed below.[33]
| Name | Image | Former name(s) | Operator | Location | Dates | Grid ref. Geo-coordinates |
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| Fish Inn | Fish Lane (now North Road) | |||||
| The Huntsman | The Kings Arms | 356 High Street, B17 9PU | ?-2013 | 52°27′28″N1°57′24″W / 52.4579°N 1.9567°W /52.4579; -1.9567[40] | ||
| The Duke of York | 52°27′30″N1°57′28″W / 52.4583°N 1.9579°W /52.4583; -1.9579 | |||||
| Scarlet Pimpernel | Tennal Road, B32 2JE | 52°27′18″N1°57′58″W / 52.4551°N 1.9660°W /52.4551; -1.9660 |
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| Hodge Hill |
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