Alum Rock, Birmingham

Alum Rock
Alum Rock centre
Alum Rock  Alum Rock shown within the West Midlands
Shire county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district	B8
Dialling code	0121
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Birmingham Hodge Hill
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Alum Rock (also known as "The Rock") is an inner-city suburb of Birmingham, England, located roughly 2 miles east of Birmingham city centre. The area is officially a division of Saltley. Rockwood Academy is a secondary school located in the area.

Ethnic groups

A large majority of the population are of Pakistani descent, although there are other ethnic groups in Alum Rock.

• Punjabi
• Pashtun
• Hindkowans
• Kashmiri
• Sindhi
• Baloch
• Kurd
• Bengali
• Gujarati
• Jamaican
• Trinidadian People
• Barbadian
• Guyanese
• Somali
• Nigerian
• Cameroonian
• Ghanaian
• English
• Irish
• Romani
• Romanian
• Bosnian
• Poles
• Arab

Neighbouring areas

Alum Rock includes the connecting streets of the three kilometre Alum Rock Road beginning at Saltley Gate and ending at Railway Bridge. Once through the main shopping area, Alum Rock Road continues towards Stechford, passing through Pelham before joining Washwood Heath Road at the Fox & Goose the eastern part of the main road is in Ward End.

The area locally known as "The Rock" starts at Saltley Gate and ends at the junction with Highfield Rd and Bowyer Rd.

Founding member as well as vocalist and bassit of Birmingham Based band Duran Duran Stephen Duffy was brought up in Alum Rock and has also worked with stars such as Robbie Williams and Steven Page.

Alum Rock covers most of Saltley and so runs into many of Saltley's neighbouring areas, Bordesley Green to the south, Ward End to the north and east and Nechells to the west.

Washwood Heath Road, which also begins at Saltley Gate, runs loosely parallel to Alum Rock Road for a mile, before both main roads join up in front of the Fox & Goose.

Administrative area and census information

Alum Rock is part of the Washwood Heath ward.

Census Data from the 2001 Census identifies the ward as having a higher population density, lower average age and a significantly higher ethnic minority population against the Birmingham average.

Community organisations

The Saltley Gate Peace Group is an organisation based in Alum Rock, taking its name from the local roundabout which leads to the areas main shopping area, Alum Rock road.

Education

Schools in Alum Rock include:

• Rockwood Academy

Sports

One step taken towards community cohesion comes in the form of sport. The Alum rock area has its own football club. Set up in the 90's by the late Farid Raja, Alum Rock FC is now a fast-growing club, taking part in the South Birmingham Football League every season. The club is now looking to expand and include youth teams along with its senior First XI.