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Bordesley & Highgate

Ward in Birmingham, England

Coordinates:52.474, -1.874
OS grid ref:SP 08 86
Dialling code: 0121 (Birmingham)

Bordesley & Highgate sits just east of the city centre of Birmingham, an inner‑city ward that includes parts of Digbeth and the Highgate neighbourhood. Its streets and canals bear clear Victorian industrial roots, with old factories, railway corridors and canal arms giving the area a strong sense of layered urban history and easy links into the city centre.

The ward mixes light industry and social housing with a growing creative and leisure economy: independent workshops, street art, music venues and markets have been joined by regeneration projects and new apartments. That blend of gritty heritage, the cultural buzz around places like the Custard Factory and rapid redevelopment creates a lively but contested local landscape, with community groups and small businesses navigating rising rents and change.

Postcode districts covering Bordesley & Highgate

B1, B4, B5, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12

Most populated places nearby

Neighbouring places

Transport links

  • Airport Birmingham International Airport 5.5 miles8.8 km
  • Airport East Midlands Airport 33.7 miles54.2 km
  • Railway station Bordesley Railway Station 0.2 miles0.4 km
  • Railway station Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station 0.9 miles1.4 km

Local points of interest

  • St Andrew's Stadium 0.3 miles0.4 km
  • Upper West Mall Shopping centre 0.9 miles1.4 km
  • University of Aston in Birmingham University 1.1 miles1.7 km
  • Villa Park Stadium 2.5 miles4 km
  • Selly Oak Colleges Library Library 4.1 miles6.6 km
  • The Hawthorns Stadium 4.6 miles7.4 km
  • Elmdon Hall Country house 5 miles8.1 km
  • Kings Standing Wood Forest 6.4 miles10.4 km
  • National Exhibition Centre Stadium 6.6 miles10.7 km
  • Sutton Park Estate 6.6 miles10.7 km
  • Birmingham NEC Museum 6.7 miles10.7 km
  • Bescot Stadium Stadium 8 miles12.9 km

Example postcodes in Bordesley & Highgate