The Horseshoe, Kings Heath - A Birmingham Gem!

The Horseshoe is a public house in Kings Heath on Alcester Road South. A canalside pub on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal.


Where is The Horseshoe?

The Horseshoe at 611 Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 5EL

 

In brief

A canalside public house in Kings Heath. The Horseshoe is on the no 50 bus route towards Druids Heath, on Alcester Road South. It is also on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal.

The Horseshoe Kings HeathThe Horseshoe Kings Heath (January 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The Horseshoe - history

There has been a public house on this site of what is now Alcester Road South since at least the late 19th century.

The Horseshoe Kings HeathThe Horseshoe Kings Heath (April 2012). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

It has been named over the years the Horse Shoe Inn or simply as The Horseshoe, depending on who the owner / landlord was at the time.

The Horseshoe Kings HeathThe Horseshoe Kings Heath (June 2021). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

In the 1930s, this part of Alcester Road South was known as Millpool Hill.

The pubs is on the no 50 bus route between Birmingham and Druids Heath (via Balsall Heath, Moseley, Kings Heath and the Maypole).

The Horseshoe Kings HeathNo 50 bus to Druids Heath passing The Horseshoe Kings Heath (May 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Contact details

The Horseshoe

611 Alcester Road South

Kings Heath

Birmingham

B14 5EL

0121 441 1661

dazp857@gmail.com

Facebook: The Horseshoe Inn Kings Heath

Project dates

08 Jan 2023 - On-going

Passions

History & heritage, Food & drink, Classic Architecture

Contact

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Jonathan Bostock

0121 410 5520
jonathan.bostock@ yourplaceyourspace.com