Property For Sale in Solihull

Solihull may be considered to be a dormitory town for Birmingham to which it is joined, although many Silhillians now work within the town and many commute daily to towns and cities outside the Birmingham conurbation.

Residential development in Solihull comprises a variety of housing types, but features a notable preponderance of semi-detached, detached and town houses, with little or no true terraces. Many of the larger developments were constructed between 1950 and 1970. One of the earlier large scale developments centred around Beechwood Park Road and Stonor Park Road with new detached houses selling for £4,000 in 1952. Chelmsley Wood to the north of Solihull town centre is a large 1960s overspill estate for Birmingham, and is currently marketed under the name of "North Solihull". In the early to mid-1980s, the new Monkspath district constructed east of Shirley (and close to the M42 motorway) was the UK`s single largest housing development of that decade.

A number of main roads pass through Solihull including the A41 Birmingham to Warwick road and the A34 Birmingham to Stratford road. The M42 and the M40 both pass through Solihull and provide very rapid links to Oxford and London and to the rest of the motorway network surrounding the West Midlands.

Solihull railway station is on the former Great Western Railway line from Birmingham Snow Hill station to London Marylebone station. In the first half of the 20th century, this railway line carried most of the express trains from the Midlands to the South West and South (Devon and Cornwall) Wales, including the Cambrian Coast Express pulled by the elegant and powerful Great Western Railway King Class and Castle Class locomotives.

Solihull Station was first built on a very grand scale, with 2 island platforms complete with nearly full length canopies, and a large goods yard, boasting space for some 200+ wagons; the yard was equiped with loading dock, goods shed and large crane. Solihull was also rare in being only one of a handful of stations in the area to have a dedicated goods relief line.

When Dr Beeching completed his dossier for British Railways the station, aloing with many others, had the slow lines and goods yard (plus relief line) closed; the latter`s area is now the car park buildings closeby, including the Fire station. The platform for the slow lines had the buildings demolished and the stairway bricked up, as with the other stations.

Other railway links are provided on the West Coast Main Line, as Birmingham International railway station lies within the borough`s boundaries and offers frequent express connections to London. Express train services to Solihull are now run by Chiltern Railways and local services by London Midland. Local people are represented by the Solihull and Leamington Rail Users Association.

The Grand Union Canal passes across Solihull, coming within a mile of the town centre and linking the town to the River Thames in London.

Local bus services are provided largely by National Express West Midlands from their Acocks Green depot in south-east Birmingham.

Solihull has a number of parks including Malvern Park, Brueton Park, Tudor Grange Park, Elmdon Park and Shirley Park. The nearest parks to the town centre are Malvern and Brueton parks. They are interlinked and cover about 130 acres (0.53 km2). Brueton Park used to be part of the grounds of Malvern Hall, which dates back to about 1690. It is home now to St Martin`s School. Solihull has numerous leisure facilities including a public swimming pool on the edge of Tudor Grange Park. This pool replaced an outdoor pool in Tudor Grange Park which was demolished in the 1960s. The current pool is now being replaced by a new leisure centre. At present there are two sports centres, the more modern Tudor Grange sports centre, and the older Norman Green sports centre, formerly known as the Norman Green Athletics Centre. There is also an outdoor wooden skateboarding and in-line skating facility in Tudor Grange Park. Sailing takes place on Olton Reservoir.

The borough is well served by numerous youth groups, both from the statutory and voluntary sector. Amongst these is Knowle Sea Scout Groupbased in the south of Solihull which is sponsored by the Royal Navy and provides a wide programme of activities for young people from all over Solihull aged from 6 to 18. The recently refurbished ice rink on Hobs Moat Road is home to Solihull`s ice hockey teams the Solihull Barons, Solihull Vikings, a Junior ice hockey team, the Mohawks ice racing club, as well as ice dance and figure skating clubs. Above the ice rink is a Rileys snooker club.

The River Blythe, a headwater tributary of the River Trent, passes through parts of Solihull including Malvern and Johnathon Parks.

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