Small Heath, Birmingham
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Small Heath is an inner-city area within the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is situated on and around the busy A-Road called the Coventry Road.
Small Heath is home to Football League Championship Football Club Birmingham City with the stadium being located in the St. Andrews neighbourhood.
Also in Small Heath are two supermarkets, Asda and Morrisons and the outdoor pursuits centre called the Ackers Trust. The Green Lane Masjid is located on Green Lane, a major commercial road for the area.
Small Heath was the home to many Irish immigrants during the first half of the 20th century, but in the latter half of the century many Asian families settled in the area.
Small Heath is part of the Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency, which has being held since 1997 by Labour MP Roger Godsiff. The constituency has one of the highest proportion of people of south-Asian origin in the UK.
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