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Billesley Common

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Moseley v Northhampton at Bils 2007
Moseley v Northhampton at Bils 2007

Billesley Common is a recreational area of public open space in South Birmingham, England. It is situated along the Yardley Wood Road, between the suburbs of Moseley and Yardley Wood. Birmingham's rugby union team, Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club of the National League 1 lease part of the common from Birmingham City Council for their pitches and clubhouse. The ground had a seating capacity of 1,450 in the original stand which was replaced by a 5,000 seat stand and clubhouse. Birmingham Moseley's sister club Moseley Oak (formally Selly Oak RFC) have played at Billesley Common since 2008. In 2016, Birmingham Bulldogs announced that they would play their home games at the common. Billesley Common was first mentioned in 1774 as being 'common wasteland'. During the 1960s Billesley Common was home to the Birmingham Medics RFC.

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Billesley Common
Haunch Lane, Birmingham

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B13 0QR Birmingham
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Moseley v Northhampton at Bils 2007
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Warstock
Warstock

Warstock is a district within the city of Birmingham, UK, in the southernmost suburbs roughly 1 km east of the A435 and within the ward of Highter's Heath. The area lies within the B14 postcode and is contiguous with Yardley Wood to the north-east, Solihull Lodge to the south-east and Highter's Heath to the south-west. Kings Heath lies to the north-west. The core (i.e. uncontentiously defined area) of the suburb is centred on Daisy Farm Road and is the smallest widely recognised district within Birmingham (map). To the west of the core area some properties favour the wider B14 moniker of Kings Heath whilst the boundary with Highter's Heath is also undefined. The core area includes the Highters Heath Community (primary) School and is served by National Express West Midlands no. 2 bus route. The housing in Warstock is mostly terraced and semi-detached, for the most part built in and around the 1930s, to house the result of the first baby boom. Two areas initially developed in the 1950s have since been rebuilt, namely Shorters Avenue and Whitlock Grove / Moundsley Grove. There are a number of shops sited across two locations on Prince of Wales Lane. Those on the east side of the road (between Grafton Road and High Street), which includes Warstock Post Office, are actually within Solihull MBC, although their postcode remains Birmingham B14. There were many pubs in and around this area but in recent years all but a few have closed and been demolished. The Bagnall Arms (School Road/Warstock Lane), The Warstock (Prince of Wales Lane/Yardley Wood Road), The Haven (251 School Road, later known as The Mercury), The Valley (Yardley Wood Road/Haunch Lane), and The Maypole (at the Maypole) have all been demolished. The Dog and Partridge (146 Priory Road) still stands but is now used as a church. The nearest surviving pubs are now The Prince of Wales at the southern end of Prince of Wales Lane (closed as of June 2021, and rumoured to be replaced by a nursing home), The Horseshoe on Alcester Road, The Lodge in Solihull Lodge, and DJ Quinns formally Behans Bar and originally The Sherwood on Highfield Road, along with Yardley Wood Social Club at the northern end of Prince of Wales Lane.