BIRMINGHAM’S NEW SPOT. BUILDING HOMES MAKING PLACES ENHANCING LIVES - 02 - AT B5, CENTRAL BIRMINGHAM’S NEW SPOT. Welcome to Bristol Street, a new collection of contemporary one & two bedroom apartments and three bedroom houses available through Shared Ownership, situated in the centre of cosmopolitan Birmingham. At Bristol St., you’ll be living moments away from the very best that the city has to offer – from exceptional shopping facilities and hugely popular restaurants, through to tranquil green spaces and vibrant cultural venues. Offered through Shared Ownership, these homes offer you the chance to get on the property ladder with a stylish home in what is fast becoming ‘Birmingham’s New Spot’. - 03 - - 04 - Computer generated artist impression - 05 - - 06 - 1 Birmingham; a social, cultural, financial, 2 3 and commercial centre Birmingham is an inspiring place to live and work. 1. Birmingham City The proud city is home to everything from the Centre renowned Bullring shopping centre and Edgbaston 2. The Bullring and St All in one spot. Cricket Ground, through to the National Martin’s Church Exhibition Centre and more public parks than any 3. Victoria Square, other European city. Birmingham 4. Edgbaston Cricket With a longer network of canals than Venice, an Ground array of world-class museums and concert halls, a vibrant financial sector and the famous Jewellery 5. One of many canals in Birmingham Quarter – where over 40% of the UK’s jewellery is made – you’ll be living in a historic industrial city that captures the imagination. 4 5 - 07 - - 08 - A SPOT OF SHOPPING. Living at Bristol St., you’ll be only a short distance from some of the UK’s very best shopping destinations. The city centre is home to the iconic Bullring, home to well over 200 shops, restaurants and department stores, including both Selfridges and Debenhams. Connected by a link bridge, Grand Central offers a further 60+ premium shops, including John Lewis, The White Company, Cath Kidston and Jo Malone. There’s lots more, of course. If you’re looking for clothes, accessories or shoes, then Burlington Arcade is worth exploring. For designer fashion and luxury home furnishings, then The Mailbox should be your first port of call – it’s where you’ll find big names such as Harvey Nichols, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger and Harvey Jones. If you like 3 4 to explore independent shops, both the City Arcade and the Great Western Arcade have much to offer. And don’t forget the 1. Castle Galleries quality Jewellery Quarter for some of the most fine art chain store, Birmingham city centre beautifully crafted items you’ll ever see! 2. One of many cafes, Even nearer to home, the centre of restaurants and bars Sparkbrook is a popular shopping throughout Birmingham destination, with Ladypool Road attracting 3. Fruit Stall in Bullring customers from far and wide. Here you’ll Rag Market find colourful shops of so many kinds, selling 4. Bullring Shopping 1 everything from bridalwear to colourful Centre shoes and exotic fabrics to designer suits. 5. Selfridges & Co. Bullring Shopping Centre Both the Chinese Quarter and Gay Village are nearby – both with an eclectic range of 6. Chamberlain Clock, shops and restaurants – as well as The Jewellery Quarter Arcadian shopping centre, which has a vibrant mix of retail outlets, bars, beauty salons, nightclubs and much more. One thing’s for sure, whenever you’re in need of some retail therapy, your new home 2 brings you close to some of the best 5 6 shopping in the country! - 09 - - 10 - 1 Edgbaston Reservoir; A BEAUTY SPOT. an oasis of nature in a bustling city You may be living a large and bustling city, Also close to Bristol St., you can but you’ll never be far away from glorious experience the beauty of Edgbaston green spaces and natural beauty. Reservoir. This was created in 1827 as a Birmingham has more public parks – 571 top-up water supply for the city’s canal – than any other European city, giving you system. Today, it also offers facilities for some 14 square miles of open space to fishing, sailing and rowing as well as a 2km 2 enjoy and explore. Ten of these parks have walking route. The 70-acre site is been recognised with the prestigious surrounded by woodland and grassland 1. Edgbaston Reservoir Green Flag Award. and supports an impressive variety of wildlife, including many species of birds, 2. Edgbaston Gold Course In addition, the city has five local nature newts and bats. 3. Birmingham has more reserves plus a national nature reserve, than 8,000 acres of award- Sutton Park. Located six miles to the Also a short distance from your new winning green spaces and north of central Birmingham and covering home, Cannon Hill Park is most popular parks – more than any 2,400 acres, this is one of Europe’s largest green space in Birmingham. Offering a other European city. 1 urban parks and is a designated Site of combination of formal parks with Special Scientific Interest. You’ll also love woodland, conservation and sports areas, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in it’s a great spot to run, walk, cycle or play Edgbaston, with over 7,000 species of bowls or tennis. There’s even a small zoo, plants set in 15 acres of beautiful grounds. Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park, It’s even home to the British National where you can see animals such as red 3 Bonsai Collection! pandas, lynx and lemurs. - 11 - - 12 - From From Bristol St. Bristol St. by foot by taxi 14 minutes 21 minutes Chinese Quarter Birmingham Airport 17 minutes 33 minutes Bullring & Grand Central Tamworth 27 minutes 35 minutes Cannon Hill Park Coventry 35 minutes 36 minutes Jewellery Quarter Lichfield 38 minutes 48 minutes Botanical Gardens Worcester THE SWEET SPOT From From Birmingham New Birmingham Street Station Airport 54 minutes 1 hour 10 minutes Leicester Amsterdam 1 hour 8 minutes 2 hours 15 minutes Oxford Venice 1 hour 24 minutes 2 hours 30 minutes London Euston Budapest 1 hour 26 minutes 2 hours 35 minutes Manchester Piccadilly Rome 1 hour 37 minutes 4 hours 5 minutes Liverpool Lime Street Lanzarote Travel times are taken from maps.google.com and are for guidance only. - 13 - - 14 - A GREAT SPOT FOR LEARNING. Birmingham is a centrepoint for learning, whether you’re looking for a good school for your children or you’d like to develop new skills of your own. Near Bristol St. there are a number of Ofsted ‘Good’ rated primary schools, along with two popular secondaries. Ark St Albans Academy is rated as ‘Excellent’ while the John Brindley school is rated ‘Good’. The city is also home to a variety of private 2 schools, including King Edward’s School, which has been educating since 1552, and the King Edward High School for Girls, founded in 1883. Birmingham is also home to five universities, including the renowned University of Birmingham. This includes the Royal A HOTSPOT Birmingham Conservatoire, a centre of musical excellence and one of only nine conservatoires in the UK. The Conservatoire FOR DINING. also has the respected School of Acting. The well-regarded Birmingham Institute of Art and Design – formerly the Birmingham School of Art – offers a range of excellent Birmingham is heaven for foodies, and it’s Purnell’s and Adam’s all offer exciting courses as part of Birmingham City not difficult to see why. Most famously, the modern cuisine. Carter’s of Moseley is the University. Balti – a fusion curry dish inspired by place to go if creative modern British Kashmiri recipes – was invented in the city food is your thing. And then, a little Add into the mix a huge range of colleges in the 1970s and is served in the many further out in Hampton in Arden, Peel’s and other further education providers restaurants clustered in Birmingham’s ‘Balti specialises in creative British cuisine and is across the city, and you’ll always be assured Triangle’. Just over a mile from Bristol St., renowned for dishes such as crab XO of excellent teaching and learning – popular Balti houses include Shabab, with white beetroot, coriander and lime. wherever your interests take you. which has been serving fragrant curries Across the city, there are plenty of other for over 30 years, as well as Adil’s and the world cuisines to discover, no matter what Shahi Nan Kebab House. your budget. Many of Birmingham’s If you like to explore world-class cuisine, shopping centres are home to great then you’ll also be spoilt for choice. restaurants and cafés, there are plenty of Birmingham is home to six Michelin pubs serving excellent food and you’ll find 1. Bristol St. is surrounded by schools starred restaurants – more than any UK dozens of Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Ofsted rated ‘Good’ to ‘Excellent’ city outside London. Opheem pushes the Middle Eastern and more – meaning 2. One of many restaurants clustered in boundaries with Indian flavours, combining there’s always the perfect place for a cosy Birmingham’s ‘Balti Triangle 1 3 traditional cooking techniques with meal or a family celebration. 3. Opheem restaurant excitingly modern ones. Simpsons, - 15 - - 16 - T L R L M K E I F H ALEXANDRA RD I BOULE V ARD LL O R A D V S R D D O R B D A R N R H T A A T O R H I N H K T ON ON L O B S G O D T O I R . E T D M R W A C H M S R R A L M H L A I O T.