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The
area surrounding Selly Oak has a high population
of students due to it's close proximity to Birmingham
University. Featuring a busy high street (Bristol
Road), with good local amenities including a retail
park, a host of cafe/restaurants, and easy access
to the town centre, it is a residential area always
on the move. Many of the properties around the
Bristol Road are rented as student accommodation.
Much of the housing in Selly Oak tends to be Victorian
and built around the 1900's.
Nearby Cadbury World and Selly Oak Manor are popular
tourist attractions, in particular, Cadbury World,
which draws visitors from all over the UK and
beyond. Selly Oak is close to Bournville and the
Cadbury Village Trust with its well kept neat
housing and leafy side roads. The Bristol Road
runs through Selly Oak and is one of the main
routes in and out of the city of Birmingham.
Selly Oak is mentioned in the Domesday Book and
recorded as 'Escelie' with the landowner being named
as William Fitz Ansculf of Dudley Castle but it
dates back to Roman times as an established settlement.
Originally a village, the rapid growth of Birmingham
put paid to any surrounding countryside that would
have existed in earlier times.
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