Selly Oak
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Selly Oak is an area in south Birmingham, England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee.
Birmingham Selly Oak is a constituency; its member of Parliament is Dr Lynne Jones.
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Population & Services
Selly Oak is the principle area of private housing for students at the University of Birmingham, with over 1500 houses occupied. Because of its student orientation, there are a multitude of pubs, fast-food restaurants and the second highest concentration of curry houses in Birmingham outside of Moseley.
Selly Oak was blighted for a large part of the Twentieth Century by a road-widening scheme for the Bristol Road (A38). In the latter half of that century, many historic buildings were demolished, leaving a degraded urban environment.
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External links
- Birmingham City Council's Selly Oak pages (http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/sellyoak)
- Photographs of Selly Oak (http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/sellyoak.htm)
- A brief History of Selly Oak (http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/history/sellyoak.htm)
| Formal Districts in Birmingham: |
| Edgbaston | Erdington | Hall Green | Hodge Hill | Ladywood | Northfield | Perry Barr | Selly Oak | Sparkbrook | Sutton Coldfield | Yardley |
