Oscott is a
ward
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in the northwest of
Birmingham
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,
England
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, within the
formal district of
Perry Barr
Perry Barr is a suburban area in north Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is also the name of a Government of Birmingham, England#Council constituencies, council constituency, managed by its own ...
.
The Ward is centred on the area known as
Old Oscott
Old Oscott (originally Oscott) is an area of Great Barr, Birmingham, England (previously in the parish of Handsworth, Staffordshire). The suburb forms a triangle bounded to the north by Pheasey, to the west by Perry Beeches, and to the east ...
, originally just "Oscott", and should not be confused with nearby
New Oscott
New Oscott is an area of Birmingham, England.
It was named after the Oscott area of Birmingham, when St. Mary's College, the Roman Catholic seminary, moved from that site to the new one. The original then became known as Old Oscott.
The only ...
. It includes the former
Booths Farm sand quarry, Aldridge Road Recreation Ground, and Kingstanding Circle. The ward borders the
Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
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and areas such as
Perry Beeches and
Queslett. Parts fall within
Great Barr
Great Barr is a large and loosely defined area to the north-west of Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The area was historically in Staffordshire, and the parts now in Birmingham were once known as ...
.
The nearest library serving the ward i
Kingstanding Library
History
The area is mainly a
housing estate
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built in the 1930s and 1940s. Before that time, it was mainly rural farmland.
*
Keith Linnecor
Oscott is a Ward (country subdivision), ward in the northwest of Birmingham, England, within the Government of Birmingham, England#Districts, formal district of Perry Barr.
The Ward is centred on the area known as Old Oscott, originally just "Os ...
, - Labour Councillor for Oscott Ward for 25 years until his death in 2020
Population
The 2001 Population Census recorded that there were 24,073 people living in the ward. 9.4% (2,273) of the ward's population consists of ethnic minorities which is low compared to the average percentage of 29.6% for Birmingham.
Local politics
After the
2022 local elections, the ward of Oscott is represented on
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. Birmingham has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropo ...
by Barbara Dring of the
Labour Party and Darius Sindhu of the
Conservative Party.
The ward has adopted a Ward Support Officer.
Oscott Ward Local Action Plan
The ''Oscott Ward Local Action Plan'' was a locally organised plan to improve the quality of living within the ward during 2004 and 2005. Through funding from the
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, problems raised by local residents such as vandalism, anti-social behaviour and the cleanliness of the area were tackled.
Oscott Ward Local Plan 2004/05
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References
Birmingham City Council: Oscott Ward
External links
1884 Ordnance Survey map of Oscott
Wards of Birmingham, West Midlands
Kingstanding
Great Barr
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