St Alban the Martyr

A temporary church was established as a mission of Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley in 1865 and opened on 13 September 1866. The permanent church was designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built by the contractor Shillitoe of Doncaster. The foundation stone was laid on 31 January 1880 by Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp and the church opened for worship on Tuesday 3 May 1881 The formal consecration took place on 4 December 1899. The construction cost was in the region of £20,000 (equivalent to £}} in ). The tower and spire were added in 1938 by Edwin Francis Reynolds. St Alban's Church took over the parish of St Patrick's Church, Bordesley when St Patrick's was demolished in the early…

The cruciform building is in red brick, with dressings in ashlar. The interior features a stained glass east window by Henry Payne and, in the south chapel, a copper Arts and Crafts triptych with painted panels, by local artists Kate and Myra Bunce and donated by them in 1919 in memory of their sisters and parents.

The patron is Keble College, Oxford. St Alban's Church stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England. The parish had passed Resolutions A and B of the Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993, meaning they rejected the ordination of women, but these expired in 2016. They also voted on Alternative Episcopal Oversight, but this was rejected. In 2017, they voted on the replacement of Resolutions A and B, the Resolution under the House of Bishops' Declaration: "This was not carried, with equal votes for and against." This means that the parish would now accept a woman priest.