Perry Barr is a suburban area in north Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands, England.

Birmingham Perry Barr is also a parliamentary constituency; its Member of Parliament between 2001 and 2024 was Labour's Khalid Mahmood.

There were four ancient manors in this area (all part of the parish of Handsworth) called Hamstead, Oscott, Perry, and Little (or Parva) Barr.

[7] Aston Villa opened their Wellington Road ground in Perry Barr in 1876, playing there until 1897.

In 1903, Birmingham Crematorium, the City's first, was opened by Sir Henry Thompson, president of the Cremation Society, in Perry Barr at 389 Walsall Road.

The 1920s Perry Barr Stadium on the Aldridge Road hosts greyhound racing and the Birmingham Brummies speedway team.

It is the former home of the Birchfield Harriers, whose Art Deco-styled bas relief badge it still carries.

The site had formerly been the location of Birchfield Road Primary School and Birchfield Road Secondary Modern School.Two of the college's buildings existed as part of the university's City North Campus, but closed in 2018 when the site was again levelled and construction began on accommodation for athletes competing in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 in Perry Park.Delays in construction due to the Covid 19 pandemic meant that the accommodation was not completed in time to be used for this purpose.

[15] A memorial to PC Malcolm Walker, of the West Midlands Police, is situated outside shops on the city-bound side of Birchfield Road.

[16][17] The A4040 and A34 roads cross at Perry Barr, the former carrying the Birmingham Outer Circle bus routes.

The nearest stop on the route is Walsall Road, Alexander Stadium before running non-stop to Birmingham City Centre.

A stream, the Holbrook, originating on the slopes of Barr Beacon, flows into the river just upstream from the bridge.

[21] Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium on the Aldridge Road plays host to two sports: greyhound racing, which is primarily run on Saturday nights with daytime meetings during the week, and speedway, the team racing there being the Birmingham Brummies, who run on a Wednesday night schedule from April to October.

Since 2004, the three councillors representing Perry Barr on Birmingham City Council have been Ray Hassall, Karen Hamilton and Jon Hunt, all of them Liberal Democrats.

The Liberal Democrats took a clean sweep at the 2004 Council Elections in which all seats were contested, but only after three recounts.

The new Perry Barr ward includes Witton Cemetery and the Moor Lane Sports Ground.