Longbridge

Not to be confused with Longridge.

For other uses, see Longbridge (disambiguation).

Human settlement in England

Longbridge

Longbridge Technology Park – Innovation Centre (March 2010)

Longbridge

Location within the West Midlands

Population| 25,410 (2011 Ward)[1]
• Density| 36.2 per ha
OS grid reference| SP015775
Metropolitan borough|

* Birmingham

Shire county|

* Worcestershire

Metropolitan county|

* West Midlands

Region|

* West Midlands

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district| B31, B45
Dialling code| 0121
Police| West Midlands
Fire| West Midlands
Ambulance| West Midlands
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52°23′42″N 1°58′44″W﻿ / ﻿52.395°N 1.979°W﻿ / 52.395; -1.979

Longbridge is an area in the south-west of Birmingham, England, located near the border with Worcestershire, historically being within this place.

## Public transport

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Longbridge is described as a hub for public transport with a number of bus services run by Kev's Coaches and National Express West Midlands passing through it with destinations including Birmingham City Centre, West Bromwich and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston. West Midlands Railway serves Longbridge railway station on the Cross City Line, with destinations at Redditch or Bromsgrove and Four Oaks or Lichfield with connections to Hereford and Nottingham at University station or nationwide at Birmingham New Street station. In 2020 a large multi-storey carpark was built near Longbridge station as a park and ride facility to reduce car journeys into the city centre. Some improvements to Longbridge station were also carried out in 2020 though one side of the station remains without a lift facility.

## Situation

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Longbridge is surrounded by Frankley, Frankley Beeches, Rubery, Rednal, Bromsgrove, Northfield, West Heath and Kings Norton. Longbridge is in close proximity to and can be viewed from the Lickey Hills.

## Longbridge plant

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Main article: Longbridge plant

Since 1906, the area has been dominated by the Longbridge plant, which produced Austin, Nash Metropolitan, Morris, British Leyland, and most recently MG Rover cars. The factory became dormant, and some parts of the older sections of the site were demolished after MG Rover fell into administration in April 2005. The plant was one of the main employers of the local population and the resultant layoffs caused local decline. The company, renamed MG Motor (owned by MG Rover's would-be partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) resumed limited MG TF sports car production within a small portion of the factory in August 2008 and in late 2010 started final assembly of the MG6. Production ceased completely in 2017, when the Chinese car maker decided to ship the fully assembled cars to the UK. The remaining disused sections of the factory were demolished on 4 August 2006.

### Regeneration

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25,410 people live in Longbridge.

As part of the Ward of Longbridge And West Heath, Longbridge is represented as of the 2022 Birmingham City Council Election on Birmingham City Council by Debbie Clancy and Ron Storer who are both of the Conservative Party.

## Population

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The 2001 Population Census recorded that there were 30,964 people living in Longbridge with a population density of 3,789 people per km2 compared with 3,649 people per km2 for Birmingham. Longbridge has a small ethnic minority population: only 6.8% (2,117) of the ward's population consists of ethnic minorities, unlike more centralised areas such as Aston, Handsworth and Small Heath.

## Notable people

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* Mark Frost, actor[2]
* Lewis Goodall, Journalist
* David Haddleton, academic

## See also

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* St John the Baptist's Church, Longbridge

## References

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1. ^ "Birmingham Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 December 2015.
2. ^ "Culture: Frost thaws away from the limelight; Birmingham-born actor Mark Frost has made a career out of playing baddies – his latest is a wife beater. But he's a nice guy, really, as Caroline Foulkes found out". Birmingham Post. Trinity Mirror. 19 August 2002. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

* "The Great Park development".
* "Councillors Advice Bureaux - Longbridge Ward".

## External links

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* Birmingham City Council: Longbridge Ward
* Longbridge Birmingham

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