West Midlands

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ceremonial county metropolitan county region of England

West Midlands is a metropolitan county and region in central England that includes major cities such as Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton and serves as a key industrial and cultural hub.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form Occurrences
West Midlands region 26
West Midlands (county) 6
West Midlands conurbation 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county ⓘ
metropolitan county ⓘ
region of England ⓘ
capital Birmingham ⓘ
containsAdministrativeTerritory Birmingham ⓘ
Coventry ⓘ
Dudley ⓘ
Sandwell ⓘ
Solihull ⓘ
Walsall ⓘ
Wolverhampton ⓘ
containsUrbanArea West Midlands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Midlands conurbation
country United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody West Midlands Combined Authority ⓘ
hasAirport Birmingham Airport ⓘ
hasBorderWith Herefordshire ⓘ
Leicestershire ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
Warwickshire ⓘ
Worcestershire, England ⓘ
surface form: Worcestershire
hasCulturalInstitution Birmingham Hippodrome ⓘ
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
Symphony Hall ⓘ
surface form: Symphony Hall Birmingham
hasMajorIndustry automotive ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
service sector ⓘ
hasMayor Mayor of the West Midlands ⓘ
hasMotorway M42 motorway ⓘ
M5 motorway ⓘ
M6 motorway ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Aston Villa ⓘ
surface form: Aston Villa F.C.

Birmingham City F.C. ⓘ
West Bromwich Albion F.C. ⓘ
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. ⓘ
hasUniversity Aston University ⓘ
Coventry University ⓘ
University of Birmingham ⓘ
University of Wolverhampton ⓘ
isCulturalHub true ⓘ
isIndustrialRegion true ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
largestCity Birmingham ⓘ
locatedIn central England ⓘ
partOf England ⓘ
timeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ

Referenced by (213)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: West Midlands region of England
this entity surface form: West Midlands metropolitan county
this entity surface form: West Midlands region
Staffordshire → borderedBy → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands (county)
East Midlands → borders → West Midlands ⓘ
North West England → borders → West Midlands ⓘ
Shropshire → borders → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands county
South East England → borders → West Midlands ⓘ
southwest England → borders → West Midlands ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwest England
Worcestershire, England → borders → West Midlands ⓘ
subject surface form: Worcestershire
this entity surface form: West Midlands (county)
Dudley → ceremonialCounty → West Midlands ⓘ
Solihull → ceremonialCounty → West Midlands ⓘ
Wolverhampton → ceremonialCounty → West Midlands ⓘ
subject surface form: West Coast Main Line
this entity surface form: West Midlands conurbation
A44 road → connectsRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
A47 road → connectsRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
Midlands → contains → West Midlands ⓘ
West Midlands → containsUrbanArea → West Midlands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands conurbation
Edgbaston High School → county → West Midlands ⓘ
West Bromwich Albion F.C. → county → West Midlands ⓘ
River Rea → flowsThrough → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands conurbation
London Northwestern Railway → franchise → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands franchise
this entity surface form: West Midlands metropolitan area
Crown Prosecution Service → hasRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPS West Midlands
Trentham → hasRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands region
Coventrian → hasRelatedPlace → West Midlands ⓘ
2022 Commonwealth Games → hostRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
central England → includes → West Midlands ⓘ
subject surface form: Central England
Minster Pool → isInRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham → isLargestCityInRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
Aston University → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
BHM → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Biddulph Moor → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham Airport → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham Central Mosque → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham City Hall → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham City University → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham Hippodrome → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham Moor Street → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham New Street → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham Plateau → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands region
Birmingham Snow Hill → locatedIn → West Midlands ⓘ