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Member stories, local history, market life and useful neighbourhood updates.

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Case study3 June 2026

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KHBA website rebuilt by Ampliflow

How KHBA's member directory and Sanity-powered publishing system give authorised moderators control—and create a repeatable model for other associations.

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Seasonal planting in the television gardens at Kings Heath Park

Community25 August 2026

Plans take shape for a greener Kings Heath Park

Birmingham City Council has shared proposals to improve Kings Heath Park, including a larger play area with new equipment and picnic spaces beside it. Here is what is on the table — and why investment in the park matters to a high street neighbourhood.

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A West Midlands Railway train arriving at the new Kings Heath station

High Street25 August 2026

Back on track: Kings Heath’s new station opens after 85 years

Kings Heath has a railway station again. Trains began calling at the new Camp Hill Line station on Tuesday 7 April 2026, the first passenger services here since 1941, and traders on the High Street and Poplar Road are already reporting new faces through the door.

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Farmers’ Market guide28 April 2026

How to shop Kings Heath Farmers’ Market like a local

A practical field guide to the first-Saturday Farmers’ Market: when to arrive, what to look for, why the Village Square matters, and how to turn a food shop into a Kings Heath morning.

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History27 April 2026

Twenty-five years on Kings Heath High Street

How a small group of independent traders quietly built a high-street institution. Twenty-five years of KHBA — and what the Association actually does, behind the scenes.

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Farmers’ Market26 April 2026

The Saturday Farmers’ Market that built a Square

Twenty years of bunting, traders, and first-Saturday mornings. How a local first-Saturday fixture quietly reshaped the corner where Vicarage Road meets the High Street.

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Explainer25 April 2026