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    Birmingham (/ ˈ b ɜːr m ɪ ŋ ə m / ⓘ BUR-ming-əm) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper.

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    Birmingham began as a small town in 1166. Queen Victoriagave city status to Birmingham in 1889. Many industries were developed in Birmingham during the 18th and 19th centuries. These included making weaponsand food. Birmingham manufacturing industry played a big role in the war effort in World War I and World War II. The WWII spitfire aeroplane was...

    Grand Union Canal

    Birmingham was an important stagine-post in the Victorian industrial canal system. Today it is the northern terminus of the Grand Union Canal to London. Heavy goods (as coal surely is) are most economically moved on water. No other form of transport is so efficient.

    Motorways

    The M40 motorway connects to London via Oxford. The M6 motorway also connects Birmingham to London (via the M1) and to the north-west of England and Scotland. Junction 6 of the M6 is also one of Birmingham's landmarks, and probably the most notable motorway junction in the UK, Spaghetti Junction, officially called the Gravelly Hill Interchange. Other motorways are: 1. The A38(M)which links Spaghetti Junction to the city centre 2. The M5, connecting Birmingham to the south-west of England 3. T...

  2. The official region contains the large conurbation that includes Birmingham and Wolverhampton and includes also the mainly rural shire counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

  3. Birmingham City Council is the local government responsible for the City of Birmingham in England. It started in 1838. It has been a metropolitan district since 1974. It has the most people of any local council area in the United Kingdom (excluding counties).

  4. 2 days ago · Birmingham is the largest city of the West Midlands conurbation—one of England’s principal industrial and commercial areas—for which it acts as an administrative, recreational, and cultural centre. The city lies approximately 110 miles (177 km) northwest of London. Birmingham Council House and Victoria Square, Birmingham, Eng.

  5. www.wikiwand.com › en › BirminghamBirmingham - Wikiwand

    Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper.

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