Aston: Inner Birmingham District With a Villa Park and a Jacobean Hall
Aston is an inner-city district of Birmingham, about two miles north of the city centre. The population of the Aston ward is around 28,000. The area is best known as the home of Aston Villa Football Club, whose Villa Park ground on Trinity Road has a capacity of over 42,000 and has hosted international matches and FA Cup semi-finals. Aston Hall, a red-brick Jacobean mansion built between 1618 and 1635, sits in Aston Park and is one of the last great Jacobean houses built in England. During the English Civil War, Parliamentary troops besieged the hall and the cannonball damage is still visible on the staircase. The HP Sauce factory on Aston Cross was a Birmingham landmark for over a century before production moved to the Netherlands in 2007.
The A38(M) Aston Expressway connects the area directly to Birmingham city centre and the M6. Aston station is on the Cross City Line with services to Birmingham New Street in a few minutes. Aston University, with around 17,000 students, occupies a large campus on the edge of the district toward the city centre. The Witton area adjoins to the north. For those interested in adult companionship in the north Birmingham area, Aston's position on the expressway and Cross City Line puts the city centre and the wider West Midlands conurbation within immediate reach.
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Aston is an inner-city district of Birmingham, about two miles north of the city centre. The population of the Aston ward is around 28,000. The area is best known as the home of Aston Villa Football Club, whose Villa Park ground on Trinity Road has a capacity of over 42,000 and has hosted international matches and FA Cup semi-finals. Aston Hall, a red-brick Jacobean mansion built between 1618 and 1635, sits in Aston Park and is one of the last great Jacobean houses built in England. During the English Civil War, Parliamentary troops besieged the hall and the cannonball damage is still visible on the staircase. The HP Sauce factory on Aston Cross was a Birmingham landmark for over a century before production moved to the Netherlands in 2007.
The A38(M) Aston Expressway connects the area directly to Birmingham city centre and the M6. Aston station is on the Cross City Line with services to Birmingham New Street in a few minutes. Aston University, with around 17,000 students, occupies a large campus on the edge of the district toward the city centre. The Witton area adjoins to the north. For those interested in adult companionship in the north Birmingham area, Aston's position on the expressway and Cross City Line puts the city centre and the wider West Midlands conurbation within immediate reach.
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