Retirement Properties Spotlight in Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich is about five miles northeast of Birmingham just south of Junction 5 of the M6. Originally a Warwickshire village at a crossing point of the River Tame it is now part of Birmingham.

Birmingham was mentioned in Domesday as Bermingeham and its name seems to derive from 'Beorma's people's homestead'. It lies about eight miles to the north of the M42 which connects with the M25 to the southwest and M40 to the southeast. It was not until the 19th century that the town saw major expansion through the ready availability of cheap labour and natural resources such as coal and iron. Good communications assisted the town on its way to prosperity with miles of canals in the 18th, railways in the 19th and roads in the 20th century.