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Kingstanding in pictures

A growing photographic record of the place — the Circle and its shops, the streets and the estate, our churches and green spaces, and the former Odeon across seventeen years. Every photograph is credited: the modern photographs are used under Creative Commons licences, and the historic ones in the Heritage Archive by permission of the Library of Birmingham or as public domain. Full details on our credits page.

Heritage archive

Kingstanding through the years

503 historic photographs, plans and maps — the farms before 1928, the estate being built, Hurlingham Road when new, and the schools, churches and people that made it a community. Zoom in on any of them.

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An old ivy-covered brick schoolhouse with dormers and tall chimneys behind a hedge, with a church noticeboard in a brick porch at right — **The old schoolhouse by the church, Oscott**, Photograph undated; building recorded 1840 · Submitted by a resident of Oscott

A raised view along College Road: the Crossways pub’s gate piers, hanging sign and forecourt on the left with a parked car, two double-decker buses and pedestrians on the road, rows of new brick houses across the junction, and open country and a large building on the skyline. — **The Crossways pub and College Road, 1938**, 1938 · Source unknown (as shown on Voices of Kingstanding). Reproduced via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding.

Two pairs of white-rendered semi-detached houses with hipped roofs and simple fences behind a grass verge, a large tree on the left and a street sign on the right. — **New houses on Hurlingham Road, 1931**, 1931 · Source unknown (as shown on Voices of Kingstanding). Reproduced via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding.

A newly built pair of rendered semi-detached houses with a central gable, round-arched brick porches and bay windows, behind new timber fencing. — **Danesbury Crescent**, 1931 · Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, LSH WK K10 0003 (3/1236)

The Odeon

The former Odeon cinema, Kings Road, Kingstanding · Tony Hisgett, 2010, CC BY 2.0

The Odeon frontage at Kingstanding Circle · Tony Hisgett, 2010, CC BY 2.0

“Once the Odeon”, 2014 · Martin Richard Phelan, 2014, CC BY-SA 2.0

Kingstanding Odeon, 2014 · Brianboru100, 2014, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Mecca bingo hall in the former Odeon, 2009 · Derek Bennett, 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0

The former Odeon, July 2026 · Andy Mabbett, July 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0

Art Deco detail of the Odeon frontage · Andy Mabbett, July 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Odeon’s faience and canopy · Andy Mabbett, July 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Odeon at Kingstanding Circle · Andy Mabbett, July 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Circle

Circle north side · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Circle shops · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Darkness over the Circle · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Downhill to the Circle · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Shops & parades

Across to the Co-op Store · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Blunts Shoes on Kings Road 1 · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Blunts Shoes on Kings Road 2 · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Closed Woolworths, Hawthorne Road Kingstanding · Roy Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0

Eastern side shops · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Former Co-Op store, Kingstanding Road, Birmingham · Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 4.0

Hawthorn Road Co-op, Hawthorn Road · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Streets & the estate

Across Kingstanding Road · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Banners Walk, Kings Road · Michael Westley, CC BY-SA 2.0

Banners Walk, Kingstanding · Michael Westley, CC BY-SA 2.0

Beacon Road north-western end · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Beacon Road to Endhill Road · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Beechdale Avenue off Dunedin Road · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Churches

Deeper Life Bible Church, 401-403 King's Road, Kingstanding, north Birmingham · Robin Stott, CC BY-SA 2.0

St Mark's Church, Kingstanding · Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 4.0

Civic Kingstanding

Kingstanding Library · Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Kingstanding Library mosaic · Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 4.0

Green spaces

Burford Road Playing Fields · Paul Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0

Have photographs of Kingstanding? Old family snaps, the shops as they were, street parties, the estate being built — we’d love to add them. Send them to us and, with your permission, we’ll show them here credited to you.