Newtown, Birmingham

Newtown, Birmingham is an inner-city area north of Birmingham City Centre. Newtown has connections to Birmingham’s music and cultural scene. It is a part of England's and an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council.^[1]

Newtown is centred on New Town Row, a section of the A34 road, which runs from Birmingham City Centre through north-west Birmingham into Walsall; and part of the ring-road around the centre of the city, the A4540. Newtown ward is bordered by the Jewellery Quarter, the Gun Quarter and the University of Aston to the south; to the west is Hockley and the Hockley Flyover, to the north west, Lozells, to the north lies Birchfield and to the north east is Aston.

Notable residents

Name, (approved, built).

(Parts of some of the houses was approved after they were built)

Hodgson Tower
- This 20-storey tower block on Guildford Drive stands as one of the largest remaining structures from the northern sector of the original master plan.
Baldwin House (1965, 1968)
Inkerman House (1966, 1965)
- Unique 15-storey block constructed directly on top of the Newtown Shopping Centre.
Sadler House (1966, 1965)
Fallows House (1965, 1968)
James House (1966, 1965)
Lloyd House (1966, 1965)
Reynolds House (1966, 1969)
- Built as a 13-storey twin profile on Newbury Road with Manton House
Thornton House (1965, 1968)
Weston House (1965, 1968)
Manton House (1966, 1969)
- Built as a 13-storey twin profile on Newbury Road with Reynolds House
Holland House (1963, 1964)
Bowater House (1963, 1964)
Cadbury House (1963, 1964)
Ryland House (1963, 1964)
Teviot Tower (1960, 1962)
Rea Tower (1960, 1962)
Geach Tower (1963, 1965)
Scholefield Tower (1963, 1965)
Martineau Tower (1963, 1965).