Birmingham is located in the centre of the West Midlands region of England.

The City of Birmingham forms a conurbation with the largely residential borough of Solihull to the south east, and with the city of Wolverhampton and the industrial towns of the Black Country to the north west.

Geologically, Birmingham is dominated by the Birmingham Fault which runs diagonally through the city from the Lickey Hills in the south west, passing through Edgbaston, the Bull Ring to Erdington and Sutton Coldfield in the north east.

There are two other cathedrals, St Chad's, seat of the Roman Catholic Province of Birmingham, and the Greek Orthodox Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew.

The original parish church of Birmingham, St Martin in the Bull Ring, is Grade II* listed.

To the south and west of the city lie the Lickey Hills, Clent Hills and Walton Hill, which reach 1,033 feet (315 m) and have extensive views over the city.

Together these make up the West Midlands Urban Area, which covers 59,972 ha (600 km2; 232 sq mi) and has a population of 2,284,093.

Its diverse population uses a wide variety of religious buildings in the city.

The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands is also based at Birmingham (with a cathedral under construction).

A short distance from Five Ways the beautiful Birmingam Oratory was completed in 1910 on the site of Cardinal Newman's original foundation.