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Meriden is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England. Historically , it is part of Warwickshire and lies between the cities of Birmingham and Coventry .
A map of the West Midlands, showing the Metropolitan Boroughs: (1) Wolverhampton; (2) Dudley; (3) Walsall; (4) Sandwell; (5) Birmingham; (6) Solihull; and (7) Coventry.. A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England.
The coat of arms of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Solihull probably derived its name from a 'miry or muddy' or soily hill. The parish church was built on a hill of stiff red marl, which turned to sticky mud in wet weather. Solihull was an ancient parish, covering the town itself and adjoining rural areas, including Shirley. [3]
Meriden and Solihull East is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [2] It is represented by Conservative Party member Saqib Bhatti, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Meriden from 2019 to 2024.
Hampton in Arden is a village and civil parish located in the Forest of Arden in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England. Hampton in Arden was part of Warwickshire until the 1974 boundary changes. It lies within the Meriden Gap which is an area of countryside between Solihull and Coventry.
Meriden was the largest geographical constituency in the West Midlands metropolitan area.It was created for the 1955 general election. The 1983 boundary changes and landslide electoral success of Margaret Thatcher that year transformed the constituency into a Conservative safe seat, with the Labour-leaning areas becoming part of the new Warwickshire North constituency (which was also won by ...
Solihull (/ ˈ s ɒ l i h ʌ l, ˈ s oʊ l-, ˌ s oʊ l i ˈ h ʌ l / SO(H)L-ee-hul, SOH-lee-HUL) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census ...
The 'Gap' takes its name from the village central to the area, Meriden, although the largest settlement is the small town of Balsall Common. The highest point lies at 185 metres (607 ft) above sea level on the northern edge of Boultbee’s Wood north of the hamlet of Eaves Green , close to the West Midlands-Warwickshire border.