Chelmsley Wood facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chelmsley Wood
The Royal Mail Building in the Town Centre
Chelmsley Wood
Population	12,453 (2011)
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
List of places UK England West Midlands 52°28′34″N 1°43′45″W / 52.47612°N 1.72906°W / 52.47612; -1.72906

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. 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.

History

OS map of Chelmsley Wood in 1887, before the area was built on

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.

Images for kids

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  Typical housing; blocks of flats are abundant in the estate

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  Marston Green train station