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About Selly Oak

Selly Oak lies along Birmingham's A38 Bristol Road corridor, 4km southwest of the city centre. This former Worcestershire village turned university district connects easily via the M42 (Junction 2) or A4040 Outer Ring Road. The area buzzes with student life around the University of Birmingham campus, offering Victorian streets mixed with modern accommodation. The distinctive Chamberlain Clock Tower dominates the skyline at 100 metres tall, chiming across the neighbourhood every quarter hour.

Where is Selly Oak on the map?

Selly Oak is in England, at 52.439, -1.940 - about 5 km west of Cannon Hill, City and Birmingham.

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The closest airport to Selly Oak is Birmingham Airport, 32 km (about 38 min by car). Other airports nearby: East Midlands Airport.

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