Northfield is found 7 miles South of Birmingham city center, UK, and is a suburb of the city on the A38 main road South to Bristol. The village was mentioned in the Domesday book as Nordfeld. Please leave your comments underneath. Comeback soon & enjoy visit here.

Baptist Church

 

Original building set up with help from Cadbury in 1912 on Bunbury Road

Now found at 789 Bristol Road South, Northfield, B31 2NQ. Center of shopping area close the main post office. We are a lively, warm, welcoming fellowship with something for everyone. We have a heart for God and everyone of all ages has a part to play at NBC. Main service Sundays at 10.45am. http://www.northfieldbaptist.org.uk/


Moved to it's modern site in 1937 and was redeveloped in 1972, and further additions were made in 1986 and 2005-6 to create more community spaces and housing. Over its history, the church has hosted various community groups, including the Boys' Brigade and Girls' Brigade, a luncheon club, and, more recently, the Northfield Arts Forum and Northfield Food Service. 

Football team 1951 (via Valerie Clarkson)

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Clock Cafe

 

Clock Cafe, corner of Chatham Road and Bristol Road

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Dingle public house

 

Dingle (nr. roundabout in Frankly Beeches Road) Now site of old peoples home, demolished in 2010 after a fire and had been closed

Short video
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Burton's Woolworths & Co-Op

 








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One Stop 50

One Stop, our humble beginnings were started by Kevin Threlfall in 1975 as a market stall in Wolverhampton. Now has over 1000 shops UK. It's one of the rare shops not using roller shutters, but cameras and door locks don't seem to deter 'grab and run' opportunists in 2025.


One Stop Bristol Road South celebrates 50 years in 1925 (1975-2025)
Tesco which has owned the convenience chain since 2003. While operating as a separate business, One Stop offers a franchise model for independent retailers and also runs its own network of company stores across England, Wales, and Scotland. 

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Johnsons Hardware, Irene's Cafe

 

Nelson (sweet shop?) c.1966


Johntson's now the Eye Collective (2015)

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Disney graffiti

 



Northfield has it's own 'Banksy' style street artist. This one found on the entrance to Allen Cross park, Bristol Road South, opposite petrol station. He did an earlier similar piece in Longbridge Lane on the wall of Cadbury collage. His work has been found as far away as Torquay.

May 2022 after a bomb scare at Sainsbury's Longbridge Lane store


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