Rubery

Human settlement in England

Rubery

St Chad's Church, Rubery

Rubery

Location within Worcestershire

OS grid reference| SO985768
District|

* Birmingham and Bromsgrove

Shire county|

* Worcestershire

Region|

* West Midlands

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district| B45
Dialling code| 0121
Police| West Mercia
Fire| Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance| West Midlands
UK Parliament|

* Bromsgrove

List of places

England
Worcestershire

52°23′20″N 2°01′19″W﻿ / ﻿52.389°N 2.022°W﻿ / 52.389; -2.022

Rubery is the name of two adjacent settlements; one a village in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, the other a suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) from Bromsgrove town centre, and 7 miles (11 km) from Birmingham city centre.

Rubery was built on a sandstone quarry, now known as "Rubery Cutting"/"Leach Green Quarry", parts of which can still be seen near the Rubery 'Fly-over'. Former clay mining pits, later flooded and known locally as 'The Marl Holes', now make up Callowbrook Park, which, alongside St Chads Park, is one of the two main parks in the village.

Much of the urbanisation in Rubery occurred between 1960 and 1970, where suburbs replaced former farmland and historic farms such as Callowbrook Farm (formally located at the site of Callowbrook Bridge) and Gunner Lane Farm.

## Etymology

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The word "Rubery" comes from the old English word "rowbery" meaning "a rough hill", which may refer to Rubery Hill, situated on "Cоck-Hill Lane".

## Geography and Demography

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The settlement is divided between Birmingham and Bromsgrove. The boundary for both districts is between both Cock Hill Lane and Callowbrook Lane.[1]

Rubery also contiguous with nearby New Frankley, Northfield and Rednal which are all part of Birmingham.

Rubery lies next to both the A38 road and M5 motorway. The village has good connections to nearby Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Redditch, Stourbridge, Worcester and Kidderminster.

The population of Rubery was recorded at 11,016 for the Rubery and Rednal Ward of Birmingham.[2] While the Bromsgrove wards of Rubery North and South had populations of both 3,643 (North) and 2,964 (South).[3][4]

Rubery was served by a railway station on the former Halesowen Railway which linked it with Old Hill, Halesowen and Longbridge. The station and line closed in the 1930s and have since been redeveloped and turned into public footpath.

## Literary connections

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The author Jonathan Coe (b.1961) was brought up in Rubery, and his novel "The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim" names several local places and landmarks.

## Politics

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The local councillors are, as of March 2014:

Peter McDonald (Labour) and Colin Wilson (Labour) - Waseley (District),

Christine McDonald (Labour) - Beacon (District)

and Peter McDonald (Labour) - Beacon (County)

Part of Rubery is represented on Birmingham City Council by Adrian Delaney of the (Conservative Party (United Kingdom)) who is councillor for the Rubery and Rednal ward.

Geographically, most of Rubery lies in the Beacon Ward of Worcestershire County Council, and under both the Waseley and Beacon areas for Bromsgrove District Council. Part of Rubery falls under Birmingham Council.

## Compass

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Destinations from Rubery

| Clent, Hagley, Stourbridge | Frankley, Illey, Halesowen | Northfield, Selly Oak, Birmingham

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Belbroughton, Kidderminster |

Rubery

| Longbridge, Hollywood, Solihull
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Catshill, Fairfield | Lickey, Bromsgrove | Barnt Green, Alvechurch, Redditch

## References

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1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". maps.birmingham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
2. ^ "Rubery & Rednal (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
3. ^ "Rubery North (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
4. ^ "Rubery South (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

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