Tyseley is a district in the southern half of the city of

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, near the Coventry Road and the districts of Acocks Green,

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and Yardley. It is located near the

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Etymology

Tyseley means "Tyssa's clearing" with "-ley" meaning woodland clearing. Victor Skipp, ''The History of Greater Birmingham - down to 1830'', 1987.

Education

The local comprehensive secondary school (on Reddings Lane) is Yardleys School, which was newly constructed on the site of a former brick works. The school moved from its previous split site location in 2001. There is also several primary schools located in Tyseley, among those an Islamic school called Al Furqan which was established on site a decade ago.

Industry

Tyseley was once a thriving industrial area with thousands of people working in the area for major companies such as TI Reynolds (formally Reynolds Tubes) and Corona, attracting a large number of bicycle and

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manufacturers to the area, and component suppliers. Other companies based in the area in the past include

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(later becoming ''King Dick Tools''), Dawes Cycles, Girling Brakes, Slumberland, Smiths Crisps, MEM Electrical, Harmo Exhausts, Wilmot Breedon and also the factory where Co-Operative Society (CWS) toys, motorcycles, prams and bicycles were made. They marketed their toys as 'Tyseley Toys'. Headbadge cws bootiebike

The area contains many Victorian buildings that housed many manual workers reflecting the heritage of the area and the city. There is now a large

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plant, the Tyseley Energy from Waste Plant, which burns rubbish and in the process produces electricity for the National Grid. Much of Tyseley remains industrial, with many companies, including Klaxon, SCC, Western Pegasus Limited and Bakelite Limited, basing themselves there. One of the local attractions is the Tyseley Locomotive Works, located inside a large railway depot. The area is now a popular furniture retail destination with over a dozen furniture retail outlets such The Modern Home and the well know
Cousins
store in close proximity.

Transport

The 4, 4A, and 41 bus services, operated by

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, serve the Tyseley area. Tyseley railway station was a predominant junction for the ex- Great Western Railway mainline between Birmingham Snow Hill and London Paddington, with the North Warwickshire Line (via

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to Stratford upon Avon) diverging here. Tyseley is on the

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between

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and Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill. The North Warwickshire Line used to run beyond Stratford upon Avon onto Honeybourne railway station (which is on the

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) as the Honeybourne Line to Cheltenham.

References

External links

Tyseley Locomotive WorksWestern PegasusYardleys SchoolMade in Birmingham - Birmingham's Industrial History Web SiteCousins Furniture
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