Hamstead, West Midlands

Infobox UK place |
country = England
map_type= West Midlands
official_name= Hamstead
latitude = 52.53057
longitude = -1.924748
population=
metropolitan_borough=
metropolitan_county= West Midlands
region = West Midlands
constituency_westminster= various
post_town= BIRMINGHAM,
postcode_district= B42
postcode_area= B
dial_code= 0121
os_grid_reference= SP047945

Hamstead is an area of Birmingham, England, between Handsworth Wood and Great Barr, and adjacent to the Sandwell Valley area of West Bromwich. Historically it has its foundations as part of the Hamstead Colliery from the early to mid 20th Century with a lot of the housing have been built for the miners. Thus today it is still referred to as Hamstead Village, a term caught on also by Birmingham City University students who reside at the Hamstead Campus, because of the number of takeaways on the Old Walsall Road that runs past the train station. the 654 Bus is also known as the 'Hamstead Villager' as printed on the side of many of its buses, operated by Travel West Midlands.

Also running through Hamstead is;
*the 16 bus which runs from Birmingham - Hamstead, very frequently 7 days a week and turns into the hourly 916 5 nights a week between 12midnight at 5am. Buses are operated by Travel West Midlands and Central Connect Buses.
*the 406 bus which runs from West Bromwich Bus Station- Scott Arms frequently 7 days a week (via Sandwell Hospital.Buses are operated by Travel West Midlands and Central Connect Buses.
*the 654 bus runs from One Stop Shopping Centre (Birmingham City University City North Campus) - Hamstead (via Hamstead Campus) running Monday - Saturday half hourly.Buses are operated by Travel West Midlands.
*the 424 bus runs from Birmingham - Old Oscott via One Stop Shopping Centre (Birmingham City University City North Campus), Scott Arms running hourly until 6pm, Monday - Saturday. Buses are operated by Central Connect Buses.

It is served by Hamstead railway station on the Birmingham-Walsall Line, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837. Trains run half-hourly in both directions, from 0530 until 0000 seven days a week. Trains are Operated by London Midland Trains.