Jewellery Quarter
Jewellery Quarter
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 Chamberlain Clock and the Rose Villa Tavern | |
  Jewellery Quarter Location within the West Midlands | |
| Area | 1.07 km2 (0.41 sq mi) |
| Population | 19,000 |
| • Density | 17,757/km2 (45,990/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | [SP072889 SP072889] |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode district | B1, B3 and B18 |
| Dialling code | 0121 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Jewellery Quarter, nicknamed by locals as The JQ, is an area of Birmingham, a city in England. There are around 19,000 who live there. It produces 40% of all the jewellery made in the UK.
It is located in the north-west of Birmingham city centre.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution turned Birmingham into a large industrial town making a wide range of products, usually metals. Jewellery Quarter is famous for being a key area in the jewellery trade and is one of the areas with the most jewellery businesses in Europe.
As well as being an industrial area, the Jewellery Quarter has become a tourist attraction because a lot of the old workshops have kept their 19th-century appearance.
Jewellery Quarter station is in the area. Passengers can catch West Midlands Railway trains as well as West Midlands Metro trams.
Gallery
St Pauls Place
The Argent Centre
