Paradise Street is a short street in the
core area of
Birmingham City Centre
Birmingham City Centre, also known as Central Birmingham and often known locally as town, is the central business district of Birmingham, England. Following the removal of the Inner Ring Road, the city centre is now defined as being the area wi ...
, in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Paradise Street runs roughly from
Victoria Square to Suffolk Street and
Broad Street. The street existed in 1796 when a congregation gathered at a meeting hall for a sermon.
Paradise Street is noted as the location of
Birmingham Town Hall
Birmingham Town Hall is a concert hall and venue for popular assemblies opened in 1834 and situated in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
The hall underwent a major renovation between 2002 and 2007. It no ...
(started in 1832) and the former site of
Queen's College, Birmingham
Queen's College was a medical school in central Birmingham, England, and a predecessor college of the University of Birmingham. It was founded by surgeon William Sands Cox in 1825 as The Birmingham Medical School, a residential college for medi ...
(started 1843) which was the first establishment in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
to grant degrees. The
Birmingham and Midland Institute
, mottoeng = Endless Learning
, established = 1854 by Act of Parliament
, city = Birmingham
, province = West Midlands
, country = United Kingdom
, president = Sir David Cannadine
, vice_president = Dr Serena Trowbridge, Sami ...
had its first building on Paradise Street (opened 1860) but moved to Margaret Street when the
Inner Ring Road (A4400) was developed in the 1960s.
The head office building of the
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is connected to the rest of the English canal system at several junctions. It was owned and oper ...
was built opposite the western end of Paradise Street. For a few years in the 1960s Birmingham Borough
Labour Party had its office at 25A Paradise Street.
The street gave its name to
Paradise Circus, which lies adjacent.
Streets in Birmingham, West Midlands
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