Chelmsley Wood
Chelmsley Wood is a neighbourhood, civil parish and big housing estate of Birmingham in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England. 12,453 people lived in it in 2013.[1] It is near Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. It is about 8 miles (13 km) east of Birmingham City Centre and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Solihull town centre.
| Chelmsley Wood | |
 The Royal Mail Building in the Town Centre |
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| Population | 12,453 (2011) |
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| OS grid reference | SP1886 |
| Civil parish | Chelmsley Wood |
| Metropolitan borough | Solihull |
| Metropolitan county | West Midlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode district | B37 |
| Dialling code | 0121 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Meriden |
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History
Chelmsley Wood is a new area, which was built by Birmingham City Council in the late 1960s and early 1970s on very old woodland, once part of the Forest of Arden.
Chelmsley Wood Media
Typical housing; blocks of flats are abundant in the estate
Marston Green train station
References
- ↑ "2013 Ward Profile : Chelmsley Wood" (PDF). Solihull Observatory. Spring 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.