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Kitts Green

Area of Birmingham, England

Field	Value
official_name	Kitts Green
country	England
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metropolitan_borough	Birmingham
metropolitan_county	West Midlands
shire_county	Worcestershire
region	West Midlands
postcode_area	B
postcode_district	B33
post_town	BIRMINGHAM
dial_code	0121
constituency_westminster	Birmingham Hodge Hill

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; it is located to the east of Stechford. 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.

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 services 97 and 97A from Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood / Airport (97A) via Bordesley Green. Services 14, 72, 97 and 97A 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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[https://billdargue.jimdofree.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-k/kitts-green/ Kitts Green history]

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