Birmingham

The name Birmingham comes from the Old English Beormingahām, meaning the home or settlement of the Beormingas.

Birmingham was established by the Beormingas around the 6th or 7th century as a small settlement in the heavily forested Arden region.

Birmingham's explosive industrial expansion started earlier than that of the textile-manufacturing towns of the North of England.

Birmingham has a temperate maritime climate, with average maximum temperatures in summer around 21.3 °C (70.3 °F).

Birmingham is home to the largest urban park in Europe, Sutton Park, which covers 2,400 acres (971 ha).