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Selly Oak sits about three miles south-west of Birmingham city centre, acting as a busy intersection between the city’s industrial past and its modern academic life. The landscape is dominated by two major landmarks: the red-brick clock tower of the University of Birmingham and the sprawling Queen Elizabeth Hospital complex. Historically, the area was defined by the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, which still cuts through the heart of the district, offering a quiet walking route away from the heavy traffic of the Bristol Road. While it is best known today for its high density of students, the residential streets further from the main road consist of solid Victorian and Edwardian terraces that transition into the quieter, greener fringes of Bournville. Practicality is the main draw here; the local train station gets you into New Street in about ten minutes, and the recent development of the old battery factory site has brought a large retail park into what was once a strictly industrial pocket of the neighborhood.