Bordesley is an area of Birmingham, England, 1.2 miles (2 km) south east of the city centre straddling the Watery Lane Middleway ring road.

Bordesley is the real life setting of the BBC series Peaky Blinders, and home to Birmingham City Football Club's ground, St Andrew's.

Here, perhaps as early as the 7th century, Bord found or made a clearing in the forest to grow his crops and tend his stock.

[8][9] Following the Norman Conquest overlordship passed to the feudal barons of Dudley, but the family retained the manor as vassals for another 400 years until the mid 1500s.

[10][11] By 1226, Bordesley was held in demesne by the overlords of the other manors in Aston parish and by the second half of the 13th century it was the centre of a court leet for the neighbouring vills.

"[18] Due to its proximity to Birmingham, and lying on a main communications route it was natural that the town should grow outwards in this direction.

The older school buildings are graded B on Birmingham's local list having been designated an important part of the city's heritage due to their architectural significance.

[27] The school buildings have been converted into the Darul Barakaat Mosque, inaugurated by Mirza Masroor Ahmad the fifth caliph or spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in 2004.

[28] Arthur L F Carr Ltd established the Artillery Street Paint and Varnish Works, Bordesley in 1910 on a triangular site bordered by a railway and the Grand Union Canal.

[29][30][31] The "Universe Works" of rope makers John & Edwin Wright Limited was established on a strip of land between Garrison Street and the railway.

[32] An entry in Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham (1885) states ropemaking is a trade carried on in many places, but there are few establishments that can equal the Universe Works in Garrison Lane (sic), where, in addition to hundreds of tons of twine and cord, there are manufactured all sorts of wire and hemp ropes for colliery and other purposes, ocean telegraph cables included.

[citation needed] Elevation Land to the city side of the Middleway and at Garrison Lane Park is on the River Rea plain at about 107 metres (351 ft) above sea level.

The land rises to the east at Kingston Hill Park, reaching 132 metres (433 ft) at St. Andrew's football ground.

At the junction, the Digbeth Branch runs north west to cross the River Rea whilst the main line cuts through Bordesley Village.

National Express West Midlands buses pass through Bordesley en route to Birmingham city centre.

60 to/from Cranes Park, Sheldon stop on High Street, Bordesley and Coventry Road [42][43] St. Andrew's stadium has been the home of Birmingham City Football Club since 1906.

Outline planning permission was granted in December 2020 for up to 1,250 residential homes and 950 student apartments in multi-storey blocks.

[48][49][50] In July 2021, planning approval was obtained for a mixed-use redevelopment site of 5 acres (2.0 hectares) off Upper Trinity Street.

[51] The locally listed electricity supply station designed by Frank Barlow Osborn[52] is not part of the development site.