Hawkesley is an area of
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...
,
England
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. It is part of 'The Three Estates', the housing estates Hawkesley, Pool Farm, and Primrose. These are to the south of (and effectively sub-areas of)
Kings Norton
Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council ward (politics), ward within the Government of Birmingham, Engl ...
. The Ordnance Survey grid reference is SP0477.
Hawkesley was an important area of action during the
English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
particularly aroun
Hawkesley Farmwhich is situated further towards
Longbridge site of the famous motor works.
Wast Hills Tunnel, on the
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, passes beneath the area.
The Three Estates New Deal for Communities in place since 2001 has encouraged
urban regeneration.
UK artists Gavin Wade and
Alec Finlay working with poet
Paul Conneally were commissioned to make public art in Hawkesley and as part of the work organised community
Renga
''Renga'' (, ''linked verse'') is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry in which alternating stanzas, or ''ku (''句), of 5-7-5 and 7-7 mora (sound units, not to be confused with syllables) per line are linked in succession by multiple poets. ...
workshops across the Three Estates making a unique piece that forms part of Wade's huge Strategic Questions piece. The piece being co-funded by the Three Estates New Deal for Communities and Birmingham City Council.
External links
Birmingham City Council: Three Estates
Areas of Birmingham, West Midlands
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