From the Welsh Gate of Bewdley to Newnham Bridge, it was managed by the Bewdley Trust established in 1753.
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The A491 is crossed in the village of Hagley, where the road becomes single carriageway once more, passing through the village, closely followed by the village of Blakedown.
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Blakedown was then part of Hagley, giving rise to the name for it of 'Hagley Road'.
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From Birmingham to Blakedown section was the responsibility of one trust established in 1753 to improve roads from the market house in Stourbridge.
Capital FM Birmingham's transmitter is located at Metropolitan House on the A456.
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It takes its name from a major road junction, now a busy roundabout (with pedestrian subways through a traffic island) to the south-west of the city centre which lies at the outward end of Broad Street, where the Birmingham Middle ring road crosses the start of the A456 (Hagley Road).
The car park is most easily accessed from A456 road via Hagley Wood Lane (leaving it between Hagley and Hayley Green) or Uffmoor Lane (leaving it just east of Hayley Green).