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.

London to Liverpool → regionServed → West Midlands ⓘ
M5 motorway → regionServed → West Midlands ⓘ
SHR → regionServed → West Midlands ⓘ
Welsh Marches Line → regionServed → West Midlands ⓘ
subject surface form: West Coast Main Line
West Midlands Railway → regionServed → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham Airport → servesRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
EUS → servesRegion → West Midlands ⓘ
Northern Trains → serviceArea → West Midlands ⓘ
Northern Trains → serviceArea → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands (county)
Transport for Wales Rail → serviceArea → West Midlands ⓘ
Birmingham Plateau → underlies → West Midlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Midlands conurbation