Tyseley is a district in the southern half of the city of
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,
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, near the Coventry Road and the districts of Small Heath and
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. It is located near the
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.
The local comprehensive secondary school (on Reddings Lane) is Yardleys School, which was newly constructed on the site of a former brick works. The school moved from its previous split site location in 2001.
Tyseley was once a thriving industrial area with thousands of people working in the area for major companies such as TI Reynolds (formally Reynolds Tubes) and Corona.
Tyseley is a district in the southern half of the city of
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, near the Coventry Road and the districts of Small Heath and
YardleyYardley is an area in east Birmingham, England. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee.Birmingham Yardley is a constituency and its Member of Parliament is John Hemming.-Features:...
. It is located near the
Grand Union CanalThe Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line connects London and Birmingham, stretching for 220 km with 166 locks...
.
Education
The local comprehensive secondary school (on Reddings Lane) is Yardleys School, which was newly constructed on the site of a former brick works. The school moved from its previous split site location in 2001.
Industry
Tyseley was once a thriving industrial area with thousands of people working in the area for major companies such as TI Reynolds (formally Reynolds Tubes) and Corona. Other companies also based in the area in the past include
Abingdon MotorcyclesAbingdon Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer in Tyseley,Birmingham between 1903 and 1925. The tool and chain manufacturers Abingdon Engineering was founded in 1856 and started making motorcycles in 1903, when the industry was still very new, with engines from a number of...
(later becoming
King Dick Tools), Girling Brakes, MEB Electrical, Harmo Exhausts, Wilmot Breedon and also the factory where Co-Operative Society (CWS) toys, motorcycles, prams and bicycles were made. They marketed their toys as 'Tyesley Toys'. The area contains many Victorian buildings that housed many manual workers reflecting the heritage of the area and the city. There is now a large
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plant, the
Tyseley Energy from Waste PlantThe Tyseley Energy from Waste Plant is a large incineration plant in the Tyseley area of Birmingham, England. It burns rubbish and in the process produces electricity for the National Grid....
, which burns rubbish and in the process produces electricity for the National Grid.
Much of Tyseley remains industrial, with many companies, including
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,
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, Western Pegasus Limited and
Bakelite LimitedBakelite , or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde, usually with a wood flour filler. It was developed in 1907–1909 by Belgian chemist Dr...
, basing themselves there. One of the local attractions is the Tyseley Locomotive Works, located inside a large railway depot.
It is now a popular furniture retail destination with over a dozen furniture retail outlets in close proximity. Many customers were local to Birmingham until one of the largest suppliers of furniture in the UK began trading nationwide, The Modern Home. Prior to the launch of the latter, Cousins was the leading retailer in the area. The Modern Home now draws hundreds of thousands of customers via their website www.themodernhome.co.uk and deliver over 1000 orders every month, yet still call modest Tyseley their home.
Transport
The 36, 37 and 38
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services, operated by
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, serve the Tyseley area.
Tyseley railway stationTyseley railway station serves the district of Tyseley in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is situated at the junction of the lines from Birmingham towards Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon, and is adjacent to a large railway depot and Tyseley Locomotive Works.The station is served by...
was a predominant junction for the ex-GWR Mainline between Birmingham and London, with the Shakespeare line (for Stratford-Upon-Avon) diverging here (via Shirley). Tyseley is on the
Chiltern Main LineThe Chiltern Main Line is an intercity regional and commuter main line railway in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. It links London and Birmingham on a 106 mile route which runs via North West London, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire...
between
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and
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