Soho & Jewellery Quarter
Ward in Birmingham, England
| Coordinates: | 52.493, -1.925 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 05 88 |
| Dialling code: | 0121 (Birmingham) |
The Jewellery Quarter and Soho lie just north‑west of Birmingham city centre, a compact area where late Georgian squares and nineteenth‑century workshops sit alongside canalside streets. The built environment retains a strong industrial character - listed factories, tight terraces and narrow alleys - much of which has been sympathetically converted into studios, independent shops and flats.
The Jewellery Quarter is still renowned for its concentration of jewellery and silversmithing businesses and for specialist attractions such as the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter and the Pen Museum, while Soho is more residential with local pubs and community amenities. Recent regeneration has brought creative industries, bars and new housing, changing the social mix but keeping a craft‑led economy and a strong sense of historic identity, with good transport links into the city centre.
Postcode districts covering Soho & Jewellery Quarter
B1, B3, B4, B18, B19, B21, B66
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Coventry 18.7 miles30.2 km
- Wolverhampton 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Dudley 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Walsall 6.2 miles10 km
- West Bromwich 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Solihull 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Burton upon Trent 24.7 miles39.7 km
- Sutton Coldfield 6.6 miles10.5 km
- Worcester 23.7 miles38.2 km
- Royal Leamington Spa 21.6 miles34.7 km
- Nuneaton 18.5 miles29.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Lozells Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Newtown Ward 1 mile1.7 km
- Handsworth Ward 1 mile1.7 km
- Ladywood Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Birchfield Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- North Edgbaston Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- Soho and Victoria Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Holyhead Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Aston Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Handsworth Wood Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Smethwick Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Edgbaston Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
Example postcodes in Soho & Jewellery Quarter
B19 1ET, B21 0TT, B18 5DX, B3 1EU, B18 7HF, B18 7LD, B18 6LL, B18 4BN, B3 1PX … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 7.9 miles12.8 km
- East Midlands Airport 34.2 miles55.1 km
- Jewellery Quarter Station 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Birmingham Snow Hill Railway Station 1.3 miles2.1 km
Hotels in Soho & Jewellery Quarter Ad
- Frederick Street Townhouse
- Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Jewellery Quarter 3
- Bloc Hotel Birmingham 3
- Saint Pauls House 4
- Tudors Esuites Birmingham Townhouse Private Garden Free Parking
Schools in Soho & Jewellery Quarter
- Flexible Learning School Independent - secondary
- Future First Independent School Independent - secondary
- James Watt Primary School Primary
- Jewellery Quarter Academy Secondary
- Nishkam Primary School Birmingham Primary
- Oasis Academy Boulton Primary
- Oasis Academy Foundry Primary
- St Michael's C of E Primary Academy, Handsworth Primary
Local points of interest
- University of Aston in Birmingham University 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Upper West Mall Shopping centre 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Villa Park Stadium 2 miles3.2 km
- The Hawthorns Stadium 2 miles3.2 km
- St Andrew's Stadium 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Selly Oak Colleges Library Library 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Kings Standing Wood Forest 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Bescot Stadium Stadium 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Sutton Park Estate 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Elmdon Hall Country house 7.6 miles12.2 km
- National Exhibition Centre Stadium 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Birmingham NEC Museum 9.1 miles14.7 km