Paradise Street

The grade II listed 1904 façade of Queen's College on Paradise Street

Paradise Street is a short street in the Core area of Birmingham City Centre in England. Paradise Street runs roughly from Victoria Square to Suffolk Street and Broad Street. The street existed in 1796 when a congregation gathered at a meeting hall for a sermon.

The original Queen's College in Paradise Street

Paradise Street is noted as the location of Birmingham Town Hall (started in 1832) and the former site of Queen's College, Birmingham (started 1843) which was the first establishment in Birmingham to grant degrees. The Birmingham and Midland Institute had its first building on Paradise Street (opened 1860) but moved to Margaret Street when the Inner Ring Road (A4400) was developed in the 1960s.

The head office building of the Birmingham Canal Navigations was built opposite the western end of Paradise Street. For a few years in the 1960s Birmingham Borough Labour Party had its office at 25A Paradise Street.

The street gave its name to Paradise Circus, which lies adjacent.

Streets and roads in Birmingham, England

City centre streets	Bennetts Hill Broad Street Colmore Row Corporation Street Edmund Street Hurst Street New Street Newhall Street Paradise Circus Paradise Street

City centre squares	Brindleyplace Centenary Square Chamberlain Square Five Ways Old Square St Paul's Square Victoria Square

Suburban streets	Orphanage Road

A roads	A34 A38 A41 A45 A47 A435 A456 A5127 A4040 (outer ring road) A4400 (inner ring road)

Motorways	A38(M) M5 motorway M6 motorway

Defunct	The Crescent

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Coordinates: 52°28′45″N 1°54′14″W / 52.4791°N 1.9040°W / 52.4791; -1.9040

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