New Oscott

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New Oscott is an area of Birmingham, England.

It was named after the Oscott area of Birmingham, when St. Mary's College, the Roman Catholic seminary, moved from that site to the new one. The original then became known as Old Oscott.

A large, recently expanded, Tesco Extra store is the greatest attraction in the local area. This has forced New Oscott's other supermarket, Kwik Save to close down with all staff being made redundant on 29 March 2006. The only pub in New Oscott is the Beggars Bush. The area also hosts the Princess Alice Retail Park located at the rear of Tesco. It offers several multistores such as Boots, Marks and Spencer, Currys, The Holiday Hyper Market and others. The area near The Beggars Bush used to be home to a large roundabout which was demolished and a new double traffic light system was put into place.