Shri Venkateswara Temple, Birmingham

Name: Shri Venkateswara Temple
Address: 101 Dudley Road East, Birmingham, B69 3DU, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 121 544 2256

#111 among attractions in Birmingham

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The Shri Venkateswara Temple is one of the largest functioning Hindu temples in Europe. It is dedicated in the Vaishnava tradition to a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. The temple is located in Tividale, West Midlands, England between the suburbs of Tipton and Oldbury, northwest of Birmingham city. The temple was designed with inspiration from the Tirupati Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple was consecrated and opened to the general public in August 2006. ()

Coordinates: 52°30'48"N, 2°1'49"W

Address

101 Dudley Road EastSandwell (Oldbury)Birmingham B69 3DU United Kingdom

Contact

+44 121 544 2256

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Shri Venkateswara Temple – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sheepwash Urban Park, Oak House, Turners Hill, Rowley Hills.

0.7 miN
Park
Sheepwash Urban Park, Birmingham
19 min walk • Sheepwash Urban Park is a Local Nature Reserve, situated in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands conurbation of the United Kingdom. It forms part of the Black Country Urban Forest.
1.1 miE
Museum, History museum
Oak House, Birmingham
29 min walk • The Oak House is a timber framed building dating from the sixteenth century located in Greets Green, West Bromwich, England. The original owners of Oak House are not known, but the family most closely associated with it are the Turtons who were living there by 1634.
1.4 miSW
Nature, Hill, Natural attraction
Turners Hill, Birmingham
37 min walk • Turners Hill or Turner's Hill is the highest hill in the county of West Midlands, United Kingdom at 271 metres above sea level. The hill is in the Rowley Hills range, situated in Rowley Regis, near the boundary with Dudley.
1.4 miSW
Hill
Rowley Hills, West Bromwich
37 min walk • The Rowley Hills are a range of hills located in the West Midlands county in England. The range comprises Turner's Hill, Bury Hill, Portway Hill and Darby's Hill.
1.5 miSE
Canal
Titford Canal, Birmingham
38 min walk • The Titford Canal is a narrow canal, a short branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. Authorised under the Birmingham Canal Act 1768 which created the original Birmingham Canal, it was constructed in 1836-7 and opened on 4 November 1837.
1.1 miE
Canal
Bromford Junction, Birmingham
30 min walk • Bromford Junction is a canal junction at the foot of the Spon Lane Locks where the Spon Lane Locks Branch meets the BCN New Main Line near Oldbury in the West Midlands, England.
0.7 miNE
Canal
Wednesbury Old Canal, Birmingham
19 min walk • Wednesbury Old Canal is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in West Midlands, England. It opened in 1769, and although parts of it were abandoned in 1955 and 1960, the section between Pudding Green Junction and Ryder's Green Junction is navigable, as it provides a link to the Walsall Canal.
0.9 miSE
Library
Oldbury Library, West Bromwich
24 min walk • The Municipal Buildings are based on the north side of Halesowen Street in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. The structure served as the headquarters of Oldbury Borough Council.
1.1 miNW
Canal
Stour Valley Line, Birmingham
29 min walk • The Stour Valley Line is the present-day name given to the railway line between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, in England. It was authorised as the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway in 1836; the title was often shortened to the Stour Valley Railway.
1.5 miNE
Canal
Ridgacre Branch, Birmingham
40 min walk • The Ridgacre Branch is a canal branch of the Wednesbury Old Canal, part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, in the West Midlands, England. It opened in 1828, to serve collieries and iron works, and was disused by the 1960s.
1 miS
Area
Portway Hill, Birmingham
26 min walk • Portway Hill is part of the Rowley Hills, near Rowley Regis in West Midlands, England. It is the site of a nature reserve of the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Shri Venkateswara Temple?

Nearby attractions include Sheepwash Urban Park, Birmingham (19 min walk), Wednesbury Old Canal, Birmingham (19 min walk), Oldbury Library, West Bromwich (24 min walk).

How to get to Shri Venkateswara Temple by public transport?

The nearest stations to Shri Venkateswara Temple:

Bus

Whitehall Rd / Whitgreave St • Lines: 43, 43A (16 min walk)
Greets Green Rd / Ryders Green Rd • Lines: 43, 43A (17 min walk)

Train

Sandwell and Dudley (22 min walk)
Dudley Port (29 min walk)

Tram

Dartmouth Street • Lines: 1 (31 min walk)
Dudley Street, Guns Village • Lines: 1 (32 min walk)