Soho, West Midlands

Soho is an area split between the Birmingham and Sandwell metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands in England.

Soho expanded dramatically during the 19th century with the construction of numerous houses and factories, and immigration from the Commonwealth was centred in these homes during the 1950s and 1960s.

Soho Ward is represented by three Labour councillors on Birmingham City Council; Sybil Spence, Chaman Lal and Dorothy Hargreaves.

Industrialist Matthew Boulton opened his "Soho Manufactory" (an early factory) there in 1761.

It is currently served by the West Midlands Metro on the former GWR line with a stop at Soho Benson Road.