Bartley Green is a residential suburban area and electoral ward to the south west of Birmingham city centre, England. The ward is part of the Edgbaston constituency which has been under Labour rule for almost ten years. It is located in the metropolitan county of the West Midlands and was in the historic county of Warwickshire. Located to the east is the Weoley ward, to the south is Frankley and to the west is the county of Worcestershire. To the north is Woodgate Valley Country Park.
The ward is served by Bartley Green Library, which opened in 1905, on Adams Hill. Another library is available in the Newman University College.The parish church is St. Michael and All Angels
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