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Discover Shirley
The district Shirley of Solihull in Solihull (England) with it's 32,000 citizens Shirley is a district in United Kingdom about 95 mi north-west of London, the country's capital city.
Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Cheswick Green, Dickens Heath, Tidbury Green, Bickenhill and Birmingham. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 62 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Evening Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
Night Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 57% |
Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 86% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
13°C (55 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
13°C (55 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
11°C (52 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Aparthotel Adagio Birmingham City Centre
VILLAGE SOLIHULL
Nuthurst Grange Country House
Crowne Plaza Solihull
The St Johns Hotel
Hogarths
Holiday Inn Express BIRMINGHAM - SOUTH A45
ibis Birmingham Bordesley Circus
Royal George Hotel
TRAVELODGE BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT
Videos from this area
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VILLAGE Solihull Feb 2012.wmv
Team Video - What does VILLAGE mean to you? VILLAGE Solihull Hotel and Leisure Club - De Vere Property of the Year 2012.
Solihull Sunday School Milaad Party - Part 1/9
Solihull Islamic Sunday School Milaad Party 28/March/2010 Part 1: Introduction (Brother Marwan Ghannam) Qiraa'ah (Sister Nour Shykhon)
Old Convent Solihull
Replicate and replace cornice to match existing profiles. This was carried out for Elegant Homes based in Solihull near Birmingham at what used to be an old convent building now converted...
Solihull Sunday School Milaad Party - Part 4/9
Solihull Islamic Sunday School Milaad Party 28/March/2010 Part 4: Sisters Zainab and Maryam Garba (speech)
Shirley Remembrance Parade 2009 - Shirley Pipe Band
Shirley Pipe Band leading the parade back from St James Church in Shirley, Solihull on Sunday 8th November 2009. Apologies for not cropping the start - not bad beating for a 2 year old with...
No Proof - Promotional Video - Red Lion Shirley
No copyright infringement was intended. Selection of songs from No Proof's Red Lion, Shirley Gig on 25th October 2013. Badge - Cream, All Right Now - Free, Bad Love - Eric Clapton, Jumpin'...
Shirley Library
The new Shirley Library and Solihull Connect walk-in centre opened in Parkgate at 9.30am on Monday 19th May 2014. For opening hours and contact details see ...
Black 5 5305 Test Run at Shirley, 20/10/10.
Proir to the railtour on Saturday, 5305 was tested on the mainline with stock on the 20/10/10. Tyseley - Stratford upon Avon and back. It is seen passing Shirley tender first on the outward...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in west-central England. It is named after its largest town, Solihull, from which Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is based. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG32) and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region.
Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Birmingham, Hall Green is a constituency of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Roger Godsiff of the Labour Party.
Solihull (UK Parliament constituency)
Solihull is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Lorely Burt, a Liberal Democrat.
Olton Reservoir
Olton Mere, or Olton Reservoir, is a canal feeder reservoir in the Olton district of Solihull, West Midlands, England. The reservoir, constructed in 1799 to supply the Grand Union Canal, was formed from marshland fed by Folly Brook. It was designed to hold 150 locks full of water, but this was not achieved until it was extended in 1834. It is the largest of the few areas of open water in Solihull and supports a large number of waterfowl.
Touchwood
Touchwood is a shopping centre in Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
Cheswick Green
Cheswick Green is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands. It was previously part of the civil parish of Hockley Heath, and lies approximately 3 miles south west of Solihull town centre. The village of Cheswick Green was a planned settlement from the 1970s and is large enough to sustain some shops including a newsagent, a post office, a pharmacy and a hairdresser as well as a pub, doctor's surgery, village hall and a school.
Dickens Heath
Dickens Heath is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands. It was previously part of the civil parish of Hockley Heath, and is near Cheswick Green and Hollywood. For many hundreds of years, Dickens Heath was just a small agricultural community, situated partly in the civil parish of Solihull and partly in the civil parish of Tanworth-in-Arden.
Highgate United F.C
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Fox Hollies Hall
Fox Hollies Hall was a manor house situated in Acocks Green, Fox Hollies, Birmingham, England, belonging to the Walker family. The Hall itself was built as a mock-Italianate in 1869 to replace the nearby Hyron Hall, and was commissioned by a retired merchant, Zaccheus Walker III. His father, Zaccheus Walker II, was an industrialist who was almost killed in the French Revolution had it not have been for his friendship with Robespierre.
Solihull railway station
Solihull railway station serves the town of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. The station is served by London Midland and Chiltern Railways. CrossCountry serve the station occasionally, when replacing stops at Coventry and Birmingham International during engineering work. Solihull used to have a regular Virgin Trains service to Manchester Piccadilly, Blackpool North and Portsmouth Harbour until 2004, when all services were reverted to going through Coventry.
Olton railway station
Olton railway station serves the Olton area of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England. The station is operated by London Midland, and is also served by occasional Chiltern Railways services. Pre-1967 trains between London (Paddington) and Birkenhead (Woodside) on the former GWR main line passed non-stop through Olton station.
Hall Green railway station
Hall Green railway station serves the Hall Green area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.
Yardley Wood railway station
Yardley Wood railway station serves the Yardley Wood area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. Despite the station's name, Yardley Wood it is in fact just inside the Hall Green district of Birmingham. The station was known as Yardley Wood Platform until 1924.
Whitlocks End railway station
Whitlocks End railway station is located in the hamlet of Whitlock's End in the West Midlands of England. It is also located a short walk from the Majors Green area of Worcestershire, and is a short bus ride away from the new village of Dickens Heath. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. The 275 space free station car park is managed by Centro.
Solihull Lodge
Solihull Lodge is a residential area of Solihull (to the west of Shirley), near its border with Birmingham. The area developed originally from a number of farms which were located near to the Mill Pond. The arrival of the Birmingham–Stratford canal enabled more development, and now the area has a population of around 10,000. The Mill Pond is still there as is the old Mill House. Solihull Lodge has two junior schools, Peterbrook and Mill Lodge.
Monkspath
Monkspath is a housing estate and community in Solihull, England, south-east of Shirley (and served by Junction 4 of the M42 motorway). Monkspath is in the Blythe ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.
Sharmans Cross Road
Sharmans Cross Road was the ground of RFU Championship side Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C. (known as The Bees) until May 2010. The ground is named after the road it lies off in Solihull, West Midlands.
Church of the Ascension, Hall Green
The Church of the Ascension (previously known as the Job Marston Chapel and Hall Green Chapel) is a Church of England parish church in the Hall Green area of Birmingham, England.
Monkspath Meadow
Monkspath Meadow is a 1.2 hectare (3.0 acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is on the south-eastern edge of Monkspath. The site has recently been targeted for development for houses but these plans have been met with uproar from locals in Monkspath and nearby villages, such as Cheswick Green and Hockley Heath, as it would destroy such a special natural site.
Fox Hollies
Fox Hollies is an area of Birmingham, England, situated on the edge of Acocks Green district. It is named after the Fox Hollies Hall estate. It roughly includes the area around Fox Hollies Road (part of the A4040 Outer Ring Road), stretching from Acocks Green in the north, to Hall Green in the south. A showpiece housing estate was built to the east of Fox Hollies Road in the 1920s, around Fox Hollies Park.
Hall Green Stadium
Hall Green Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium located in the Birmingham suburb of Acocks Green, just over the border from Hall Green itself. Opened in August 1927 it was the first greyhound track to be built in the city. It hosted speedway races between 1928 and 1938. It is one of six owned and run by the Greyhound Racing Association and one of the 28 licensed stadiums in the UK. The track itself is a 412 metre long oval track with a sand covered surface.
St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green
St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green is a Church of England parish church in Acocks Green, Birmingham, England.
Hillfield Park
Hillfield Park, Solihull, West Midlands is a community open space and play park in Monkspath, Solihull. It covers an area of over 2 acres and includes an attractive lake surrounded by formal footpaths, which give walkers the opportunity to explore the open space. It is built on a landfill site, its contours being produced by the earth settling as gases escape.
Alderbrook Secondary School
Alderbrook Leading Edge School & Arts College is a co-educational secondary school in Solihull, West Midlands. It shares grounds with the neighbouring schools of Tudor Grange School and St. Peter's RC School. In 2004, David Miliband toured Alderbrook to promote the General National Vocational Qualifications. The school turned into an academy in August 2011, under new legislation introduced by the government earlier that year.
Robin Hood Cemetery
Robin Hood Cemetery and Crematorium is located near Shirley, West Midlands, within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands. The cemetery was opened in 1917 and covers an area of 45 acres and comprises extensive landscaped lawn graves interspersed with ancient woodland. A cemetery chapel was built in 1931, and the crematorium was built in 1958, including for modifications to the chapel to cater for the cremation facilities.