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Newton Road Shops

Between Hamstead Road and Bowstoke Road junctions

Ingram's Garden Centre

In 1919 William Ingram left his small nursery in KingsĀ  Hill, Wednesbury to begin to cultivate ploughed fields in Newton Road, Great Barr. By 1959 the business was run by his widow and two sons.

Redeveloped for housing around 1986

Photo: Sandra Borgazzi

British Micanizing Co (Great Barr) Ltd

256 Newton Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6QT. Products and Services - Insulation - Electrical fittings. Site cleared for housing as Newton Court in October 2003.

Newton Cars/ Petrol Station

Used car dealership in Newton Road, Great Barr, Site cleared for housing in October 2003. Newton Court flats developed on the site in 2004.

Formerly a Fina Petrol station (1964)

Fina Petrol Station 1964


266-268 Newton Road

266 Newton Road

  • TGS Contracts, Electricians

268 Newton Road

  • Spar (Co-op) and Post Office (now incorporating 1 Bowstoke Avenue)

See also shops in Bowstoke Avenue and 231-235 Newton Road

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