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Most Brummies know Selly Oak as a stopping point along the Bristol Road – or did until it was bypassed in 2011. A suburb where University of Birmingham students come to shop and eat, its terraced hinterlands rented out as student housing. And its narrow high street (still) a pinch point for traffic. But for locals and those with a longer memory, there is much, much more to this busy South Birmingham suburb.
As part of the walk programme for the Walkspace 23 exhibition, this walk goes below the modern surface of Selly Oak to explore its radical inclinations, and wonder if Selly Oak's strategic location may be part of the reason.
Josh Allen will lead the walk. Josh is a writer, contemporary historian, and occasional curator, who runs his own walk-based project Walk Midlands – "A guide to day walks in the English Midlands accessible without a car, for walkers interested in all aspects of the region’s people, landscape and history."
There are limited places on this walk. Further info and booking here.