Weekin Works, Harborne - A Birmingham Gem!

The Weekin Works is on Park Hill Road next to the Harborne Walkway in Harborne. Formerly the site of the Chad Vally toy car factory, in the 1950s and 1960s.


Where is the Weekin Works?

The Weekin Works is at 112 - 116 Park Hill Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9HD. Is is next to the Harborne Walkway.

 

In brief

Built as a brickworks during 1851 next to the Harborne Railway Line, at one point the site was used to manufacture toy cars by the Chad Valley Group. Now a business park.

 

Weekin Works - history

The Weekin Works was built in Victorian times during 1851 on the banks of the Chad Brook near the Harborne railway line. Originally a brickworks, the site evolved into a commercial laundry for some years. The site benefited from being next to the Harborne railway line, serving the old Harborne Station until the 1960s.

The site's most famous period began in 1954 when the Chad Valley Group took over Robert Bros (Gloucester) Ltd, to manufacture "Glevum Toys and Games". The process required further manufacturing space in Harborne, resulting in the transfer of production from Gloucester. The success of Chad Valley peaked in the 1960s, and by 1967 had begun to decline.

It is not clear when the Weekin Works was vacated, but production has ceased in Harborne by the early 1970s.

After a period of decline, the site was used as a transport depot for companies such as Frost Transport. Unused space was leased to small business for a variety of occupations. Sadly the site continued to decline until the early 1990s.

It became a Business Park when it was bought by local architect and business man Mike Csukas, and he still owns it today.

The property has enjoyed continued investment during the past 20 plus years with ongoing improvement and development of onsite facilites.

Weekin Works

Weekin Works

Weekin WorksWeekin Works at Park Hill Road, Harborne (June 2021). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Contact details

General Furnishing Co. Ltd
Studio 12, Weekin Works,
112 - 116 Park Hill Road,
Harborne,
Birmingham,
B17 9HD

0121 428 1306
enquiries@weekinworks.co.uk

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Project dates

14 Jul 2021 - On-going

Passions

History & heritage, Classic Architecture

Contact

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Jonathan Bostock

0121 410 5520
jonathan.bostock@ yourplaceyourspace.com