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Hockley sits just northwest of Birmingham city centre, acting as a gateway between the inner city and the industrial heartlands of the West Midlands. It is best known as the historic core of the Jewellery Quarter, where centuries of trade have left a landscape of red-brick workshops and narrow streets centered around Hockley Hill. Geographically, the area is defined by its mix of heavy industry and urban residential pockets, bisected by the A41 and the Birmingham Main Line canal. While much of the district’s identity is tied to its manufacturing heritage, it is also home to the Hockley Flyover - a significant piece of mid-century civil engineering - and the expansive, Grade II listed Key Hill and Warstone Lane cemeteries, which provide rare green space in a densely built environment. Today, it remains a functional, busy part of the city, where traditional metalworking businesses operate alongside the growing residential developments spilling over from the city centre.