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Kingstanding Together

Neighbours looking after Kingstanding, Oscott and Perry Common — cleaner streets, cared-for green spaces, our shared history, and a stronger voice for the community.

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Pride in Place

Have your say on Kingstanding’s future

Kingstanding South-East has been selected for long-term Pride in Place investment.

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Who we are

More than a housing estate — a place with three thousand years of story

An ancient burial mound gave Kingstanding its name. A Roman road ran past it, a saint once lived on one of its hills, and one of Britain’s largest inter-war estates grew across its fields. Kingstanding Together celebrates all of it — and gives neighbours a way to look after what matters, from cleaner streets and green spaces to saving the Odeon.

It has known hard times too. On one night in August 1940, eleven people were killed here in an air raid — we remember them.

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Our work

Working together for Kingstanding

Kingstanding Together runs community projects with local volunteers — and there's room for you in all of them.

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Local groups & clubs

Find your people

Support groups, football teams, scouts, choirs and more — run by local people across Kingstanding, Oscott and Perry Common.

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A map for neighbours

The mound that named us, the Roman road, the Odeon, Maryvale, our green spaces and the streets we remember from 1940 — all on one map of Kingstanding.

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ICKNIELD STREET · ROMAN ROADKingstandingA MAP FOR NEIGHBOURSN500 metres
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, drawn for Kingstanding Together. Pins are placed on the street, not on individual homes.

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From the community

What neighbours are saying and sharing — join in on any photo, street, place or history page.

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Then and now

Slide back to 1935

The Odeon, from Harry Weedon’s practice, opened on 22 July 1935. It closed as a cinema in 1962 and became a bingo hall — and its fins still rise over the Circle.

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Kingstanding Odeon, 2014
1935: The Odeon cinema when new: a streamlined tiled frontage with a tall fin tower and the name Odeon above the entrance.
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1935: Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, Handsworth Historical Society (3/1338). 2014: Brianboru100, 2014 · CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Our campaigns

What we’re fighting for

Campaigns started by Kingstanding residents, for Kingstanding. Read them, sign them, share them with your street.

Save Kingstanding’s Odeon – Turn the former Mecca into a Community Hub
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Save Kingstanding’s Odeon – Turn the former Mecca into a Community Hub

Generations of Kingstanding grew up at the old Odeon. Now it stands empty and fire-damaged. Demand Birmingham City Council saves it — before it’s lost for good.

2,581 neighbours have signednext goal 5,000
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