Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies less than two miles south-west of Pontefract and in 2011 had a population of 15,244.
Population: 14,175
Latitude: 52° 38' 41.39" N
Longitude: -2° 05' 35.34" W
Birmingham Conservatoire is an international conservatoire and a major concert venue, its main platform being the Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham, England. Prior to 1989, it was known as the Birmingham School of Music and was one of the faculties of…
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country.
The former H.B. Sale factory (grid reference SP067876), at 1–7 Constitution Hill, Birmingham 19, England, at the acute junction with Hampton Street, is a Grade II listed building.
The Broad Street Walk of Stars is a walk of fame-style installation on the pedestrian pavement of Broad Street, Birmingham, England, which honours notable people from the Birmingham area or with significant connections with it.
Victoria Square is a pedestrianised public square in Birmingham, England.
Stafford railway station serves the county town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England.
The Rotunda is a cylindrical highrise building in Birmingham, England. The Grade II listed building is 81 metres (266 ft) tall and was completed in 1965. It was refurbished between 2004 and 2008 by Urban Splash with Glenn Howells who turned it into …
Broad Street is a major thoroughfare and popular nightspot in Birmingham City Centre, United Kingdom.
Alpha Tower is Grade II listed office building in Birmingham, England. It was designed by the Birmingham-born architect George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners as the headquarters of the commercial television company ATV (Alpha TV) and part of th…
Soho House is an 18th-century house in Handsworth, Birmingham, England.
The International Convention Centre (abbreviated to ICC) is a major conference venue in central Birmingham, England. The centre incorporates Symphony Hall and faces Centenary Square. The building has another entrance leading to the canals of Birming…
The Gateway Plus (previously known as Birmingham Gateway) project is a redevelopment scheme to regenerate Birmingham New Street railway station and the Pallasades Shopping Centre above it in Birmingham, England. It will finish in September 2015. The…
Allied Breweries was the result of a 1961 merger between Ind Coope (of Burton), Ansells (of Birmingham), and Tetley Walker (of Leeds).
10 Holloway Circus (also referred to as the Holloway Circus Tower or Beetham Tower) is a 399-foot (121.5 m) tall mixed-use skyscraper in Birmingham city centre, England. It is named after the developers, Beetham Organisation, and was designed by Ian…
Wolverhampton Grammar School is a co-educational independent school located in the city of Wolverhampton.
Wightwick Manor (pronounced 'Wittick') is a Victorian manor house located on Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is one of only a few surviving examples of a house built and furnished under the influence of the Arts and Crafts …
The Hixon rail crash occurred on 6 January 1968 when a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by an express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire in England.
The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years the centre of world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of military firearms and sporting guns.