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The M42 motorway and the busy A45 road run close by to the east and north of the village respectively. Junction 6 of the M42 is known as the Bickenhill Interchange. [7] It became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in 1974. [2] Bickenhill Community Fire Station near the National Exhibition Centre in May 2009
The picturesque Elmdon Parish Church dates from 1780. Elmdon is a suburban village in the civil parish of Bickenhill and Marston Green, in the Solihull district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is in the ancient county of Warwickshire. The population of this Solihull Ward at the 2011 census was 12,067. [1]
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]
The hall featured a gatehouse onto the Warwick Road designed by Sir John Soane, architect of the Bank of England. [40] In 1809 the hall would be painted by John Constable, for his patron, Henry Greswolde Lewis. [41] The Greswoldes would later sell the house to Solihull council who converted the estate into Malvern Park. The hall is today part ...
Knowle / ˈ n oʊ l / is a large village situated 3 miles (5 km) east-southeast of the town of Solihull, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Knowle lies within the Arden area of the historic county boundaries of Warwickshire, and since 1974 it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It lies 2.5 miles from the ...
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Blythe Valley Park is a district of the town of Solihull in the West Midlands conurbation. It is adjacent to Junction 4 of the M42 motorway, on the A34 Stratford Road between the Monkspath district of Solihull, and the villages of Hockley Heath and Illshaw Heath. The district comprises a business park, mini village and nature reserve.
Kingshurst is a post-war village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England.Historically part of the county of Warwickshire in the Meriden Rural District, It lies about 7 miles (11 km) north of Solihull town centre, 10 miles (16 km) east of Birmingham and 12 miles (16km) west of Coventry, it borders North Warwickshire to the east.