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Kitts Green
Kitts Green is located in West Midlands county
Kitts Green
Kitts Green
Location within the West Midlands
Metropolitan borough
  • Birmingham
Shire county
  • Worcestershire
Metropolitan county
  • West Midlands
Region
  • West Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBIRMINGHAM
Postcode districtB33
Dialling code0121
PoliceWest Midlands
FireWest Midlands
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Birmingham Hodge Hill
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England
West Midlands
52°28′57″N 1°46′44″W / 52.48250°N 1.77889°W / 52.48250; -1.77889

Kitts Green is an area of Birmingham, England, approximately 5 miles east of the city centre and on the borders of Tile Cross, Lea Village, Lea Hall, and Garretts Green. Historically in Worcestershire, close to the border with Warwickshire, Kitts Green dates back to when it was first mentioned in 1495 whereas Lea Village is first documented in 1275.[1]

Kitts Green is served by services 14 (Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood via Alum Rock), service A9 from Kingshurst and Ilshaw Heath and service 72 from Chelmsley Wood to Solihull and service 97 from Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood via Bordesley Green. Services 14, 72 and 97 are operated by National Express West Midlands. Service A9 is operated by Stagecoach Midlands.

Roy Wood, co-founder of bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and Wizzard, was born in Kitts Green in 1946.

Kitts Green was the site of BSA's research facility where David Garside developed the Norton Wankel rotary-engined motorcycles, such as the Norton Classic.

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Triumph Quadrant

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Tile Cross

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small area with a shopping centre on the borders of Stechford, Kitts Green, Marston Green and the Radleys. The name originates from the tile production...

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of Electric Light Orchestra. Roy Wood was born on 8 November 1946 in Kitts Green, a suburb of Birmingham, England. For some years the legend persisted...

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Nathan Redmond

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Lea Hall

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is an area in the east of Birmingham, England, bordering the Kitts Green and Garretts Green areas. It is historically in Worcestershire. It is the location...

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Norman Hyde

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