Birmingham
About Birmingham
Located in the West Midlands county and region in England, approximately 100 miles (160 km) from Central London, Birmingham, as one of the United Kingdom's major cities, is considered to be the social, cultural, financial, and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of the city centre.
A market town of Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th-century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791, it was being hailed as "the first manufacturing town in the world". Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham.
The resulting high level of social mobility also fostered a culture of political radicalism which, under leaders from Thomas Attwood to Joseph Chamberlain, was to give it a political influence unparalleled in Britain outside London, and a pivotal role in the development of British democracy. From the summer of 1940 to the spring of 1943, Birmingham was bombed heavily by the German Luftwaffe in what is known as the Birmingham Blitz. The damage done to the city's infrastructure, in addition to a deliberate policy of demolition and new building by planners, led to extensive urban regeneration in subsequent decades.
Study in Birmingham
-Thriving professional communities
-Compared to nearby rival London, good old ‘Brum’ (the name given by locals to the city) is a whole lot cheaper.
-There are 65,000 students in Birmingham, ensuring great student deals at restaurants, bars, cafes and cinemas.
-Football fans of the world unite
-The Custard Factory
-Great local music scene
-Known as the Shoreditch of Birmingham, Digbeth is the trendy side of Birmingham that students love.
-Chocolate heaven
-Where better to relax, hang out with friends and enjoy a drink than by a canal? Birmingham has 35 miles of them, meaning you won’t have to walk far for a picturesque picnic spot.
Advantages of the Birmingham
-Low Cost of Living
-Amazing Southern Food
-Some of the Country’s Best College Football
-Many Higher Education Institutions
-Lots of Excellent Festivals and Fairs
Disadvantages of the Birmingham
-Unpredictable Weather
-Some Destinations Are Closed on Sundays
-Public transport is somewhat limited, and expensive
-Overcrowded
Interesting
-Birmingham attracts over 41 million visitors a year, with just over 1 million of these being international visitors.
-Birmingham Airport is the third biggest in the UK.
-London is only an hour and 25 minutes away on the train.
-The city also hosts over 50 festivals each year, including the Moseley Folk Festival, Flat Pack film festival, Fierce art festival and the massive Birmingham International Jazz Festival.
-The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were inspired by places and people in Birmingham. Their author, J.R.R. Tolkien, was from Brum.
-The city is the third most popular place to shop in the whole of the UK.
Climate of the Birmingham
Birmingham has a temperate maritime climate, like much of the British Isles, with average maximum temperatures in summer (July) being around 21.3 °C (70.3 °F); and in winter (January) around 6.7 °C (44.1 °F). ... The highest recorded temperature, set during August 1990, was 34.9 °C (94.8 °F).
University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
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