Birmingham city centre

Birmingham city centre, also known as Central Birmingham, is the central business district of Birmingham, England. The area was historically in Warwickshire. Following the removal of the Inner Ring Road, the city centre is now defined as being the area within the Middleway ring road. In recent years the city centre has been undergoing massive redevelopment with the Big City Plan, which means there are now nine emerging districts and the city centre is approximately five times bigger.

Historically the area was in Warwickshire, on the border with Worcestershire. Until around the Industrial Revolution, "Birmingham" referred only to what is now called the city centre. It was used to describe other areas when Birmingham absorbed surrounding towns.

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