We went on a class trip to Solihull this week. It was good fun. We saw lots of buildings, the one I liked the best was the Manor House. It is a very old building and was built in Tudor time. The house had lots of interesting historical objects for example a grandfather clock, and an old portrait of a man that owned the house once.
Solihull is about 4 miles away from my house. There are lots of shops there like M and S, Game, Costa and John Lewis. I saw car parks, shops and a Tudor house. I like Solihull.
From our School, the town which is called Solihull is 6.6 miles which takes only 13 minutes to get to by car. Solihull is at the heart of England, in the heart of the town centre stands St Alphege Church, built from red sandstone, this was founded by a man named Hugh d’Oddingsell in 1220. Other well known land marks along the High Street are, The Manor House which was built in 1495, and the Jarvis Hotel which was known as The George, this dates back to the 16th Century.
Solihull town centre blends the old with the new, we have a large shopping complex built within Solihull which opened in 2001, which added to the many existing shops, shops such as Pizza Hut, Mc Donalds, Giraffe, Coast to Coast, Five Guys, and also The Entertainer, Game, Fat Face, Smiggle, WHSmiths, Cotsworld and Waterstones. We also have a library in Solihull town centre.
In Solihull town centre there is an old building called the Manor House. It used to be someones home but downstairs it is now a tearoom and meeting hall and upstairs tells us about the history of the building. There are lots of different types of shops in Solihull, such as jewellers , clothes shops, food shops, a library, cinema, restaurants and toy shops.
From our school Sollihull Town Center is about 4 miles away.
I could see the library, the Manor House, shops, bars and restaurants.
There are lot’s of shops like Lara Ashley, Poundland, FatFace, New Look, Tk Max, BHS, and most high street retailers.
We also have a park and swimming baths in Solihull.
Acocks Green is about four miles south-east of Birmingham city centre. It has a recognisable centre itself, known as “The Green”, which is at the junction of the Warwick Road and three local through-routes. The boundary of Acocks Green can be seen as the canal along the northern edge, the city boundary along the east side, then Lakey Lane as far as Broomhall Crescent. From there a line can be drawn to Fox Hollies Leisure Centre and continued along York Road to the North Warwickshire railway line. To complete the boundary the railway forms a barrier, as far as the canal.
From the Local Government elections in June 2004, the new ward of Acocks Green mostly reflects this geographical area. However, the area north of the Warwick Road is at present technically in Yardley District and the area south of it is in Sparkbrook District. To overcome this, the City has provisionally assigned the whole of the Ward to Sparkbrook District pending Boundary Commission decisions on constituencies for Birmingham.
Transport
Transport access to Acocks Green is good, if congested much of the time. There is a station on the Birmingham to Leamington line, and another on the border with Tyseley, on the North Warwickshire line. A number of bus routes to and from the city reach here, and the Outer Circle route and a number of cross-city routes also serve the area. The Warwick Road is very congested much of the time, but other roads such as Shirley Road, Fox Hollies Road, Stockfield Road, Olton Boulevard East and Yardley Road provide alternatives for many road users. Many years of controversy about a bypass have not led to any far-reaching solutions, as businesses have concerns about loss of passing trade and residents do not want increases in traffic past their houses.
Housing
There is some terraced housing in the area, but also a significant number of fine earlier Victorian houses. Very large municipal estates needing a degree of refurbishment are to be found in the south and to the west, and two early municipal estates have been rebuilt recently. Modern developments have been in the nature of replacement of large houses with small flat blocks or groups of smaller houses, and building over former sports clubs and nurseries with new estates. Three 1960s towers at Fox Hollies have been converted to warden-controlled blocks for the elderly. Acocks Green Ward is two thirds owner-occupied. There has been an increase in the number of private residential homes over the last decade: the Christadelphian home is still the largest in the area. There is a children’s home.
Population
The population comes from a variety of cultural backgrounds. There is a high degree of mobility of younger families and there are many elderly people in the Fox Hollies area. There has been an increase recently in the ethnic minority population.
Business
Industry exists on the western edges, by the railway and at Tyseley. The city is putting resources into regenerating Tyseley. Commercially, Acocks Green is an important shopping centre. The Warwick Road through to Olton is bordered by businesses of all kinds, although the number of charity shops has increased in recent years at the expense of other High Street enterprises. The Warwick Road has two supermarkets, and there is another at Fox Hollies.
Education
There are seven Primary schools and two secondary. There are now a number of private nurseries in the area. Adult education takes place at Stone Hall, Archbishop Ilsley Technology College, Ninestiles Technology College, and Fox Hollies Leisure Centre. There is a large library also at the Green, where informal adult education also takes place. There is a yoga institute on Westley Road.
Religion
A variety of places of worship can be found locally. St Mary Anglican, Acocks Green Methodist, Acocks Green Baptist, and Holy Souls Roman Catholic churches are the largest, but there is a Christadelphian Hall, a Church of God of Prophecy, Acocks Christian Centre, Birmingham City Mission, and a mosque on Alexander Road.
Leisure
Culturally and socially the excellent Leisure Centre at Fox Hollies and the refurbished public library are the most important facilities, but there is a very active community centre at Fox Hollies Forum. The British Legion have a local office and club. Hall Green Little Theatre is in Acocks Green. Acocks Green Bowl also has laser combat. There is a snooker club on Spring Road. The Greyhound Stadium is just over the border in Hall Green. There is also a social club situated on Broad Road and a Bingo Hall on Stockfield Road
Meeting Rooms
These are to be found at Acocks Green Library, Fox Hollies Leisure Centre, Fox Hollies Forum, Royal British Legion, Westley Hotel, Bridge House Hotel, Greswold Park Hotel, Lincoln Poacher, Inn on The Green, Fox Hollies Forum, Oaklands Primary School, Acocks Green Baptist church, Acocks Green Methodist church, and Holy Souls club. The church meeting rooms, the Forum and the library concentrate on non-commercial meetings.
Community
There is a Neighbourhood Office at Botteville Road. Yardley Road has a large police station. The Health Clinic on Shirley Road has been extended. Local Residents’ Associations, two Neighbourhood Forums and a long-standing Community Council represent the area. Acocks Green Carnival takes place on the first Saturday in July. Acocks Green now has a town centre manager, who is reinvigorating the sense of place of the area.
Heritage
Statutorily listed buildings are:
Cottages at 89-93 Arden Road (Grade II), the Baptist Church on Yardley Road (Grade II), the Baptist church hall on Alexander Road (Grade II) and the canal bridge at Woodcock Lane.
The City’s Local List includes:
The Fire Station (Grade B) and Caretaker’s house (Grade A) on Alexander Road, Police Station on Yardley Road (Grade B), a house on the corner of Elmdon Road, and the Library on Shirley Road (Grade A).
There is a scheduled ancient monument in Fox Hollies Park, a Bronze Age burnt mound.Acocks Green History Society has an extensive website at http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/aghs
Environment
There is some interesting and attractive green space in Acocks Green. The Recreation Ground, Fox Hollies Park, Curtis Gardens in front of the tower blocks on Fox Hollies Road and the linear open space along the Grand Union Canal are the largest examples. Millennium Green off Yardley Road adjacent to the canal is a more recent addition.
The Solihull school trip was exciting because we looked at the different buildings old and new.My favourite building was the Manor house , i liked looking at the old fascinating pictures.
We went to Solihull town centre and we all did fun activities my favorite one was Mrs Olsons. She did the manor house we looked at how it had changed from 500 hundred years ago to now it was so cool we got to see the garden they built the garden for people to relax and enjoy the house.
My favourite shop in Solihull is Poundland. I bought a water container and it is in my bedroom so I can get a drink. At Poundland you can get things for just £1!
My town centre are Solihull and Shirley. The nearest shops are in Shirley, such as ASDA, shoes zone, peacock and M&S.
You can also find interesting things in shirley like a church called Saint James the Great.
The Post Office is quite big.
In solihull there are interesting things as well like Malvern and Brueton Park which it is really big and with a lot of space
to have a lovely picnic.
Sometimes I go to Solihull with my family we love to watch a film in the cinema and eat at pizza hut. My sister and i love the Pizza hut´s ice-cream.
This week we went to Sollihul Town centre and we had 3 activitys to do . We had partners and I was with my best friend Mehreen . The first activity I did we had to find shops and mark what we think it is on the sheet .Then the second ativity I did we went to the Manor House and had some biscuits and squash , the activity was we had to write down what material was used the most in the main hall . And my last activity was going to poundland and finding te pictures that mrs Chana has taken of parts of sollihul . Then we went to PIZZA HUT . After that we went to te libary and Finally we went back to shool. My favourite building was the Manor House because it was really posh. To get to Sollihul is 6.6 wich takes about 13 minutes to get by car . There were alot of shops but my favourite was poundland .:-)
In Solihull Town Centre there are lots of old buildings like St Alphege Church as well as new buildings like Touchwood. There are many different shops in Solihull from clothes shops to restaurants. In the heart of Solihull is Mell square which has lots of different shops.
Our local town center is Solihull, from my house it is 6 miles away. The shops there are poundland, smiggle, clothes shops, phone shops and John Lewis. One of the buildings there is the opera house which is 520 years old. I really enjoyed visiting Solihull and I enjoyed going to pizza hut.
Solihull Town Centre is not far away from Cheswick Green. We went there on a school trip to do some activities such as a trip to Poundland, where I bought a pair of headphones. They weren’t very good!
There are lots of different types of shops – clothes, music, electrical, food etc.
We went to PizzaHut for lunch and I had pepperoni pizza and it was delicious.
I enjoyed our trip out but I don’t like it as much when I go with my mum!
We went on a class trip to Solihull this week. It was good fun. We saw lots of buildings, the one I liked the best was the Manor House. It is a very old building and was built in Tudor time. The house had lots of interesting historical objects for example a grandfather clock, and an old portrait of a man that owned the house once.
Solihull is about 4 miles away from my house. There are lots of shops there like M and S, Game, Costa and John Lewis. I saw car parks, shops and a Tudor house. I like Solihull.
From our School, the town which is called Solihull is 6.6 miles which takes only 13 minutes to get to by car. Solihull is at the heart of England, in the heart of the town centre stands St Alphege Church, built from red sandstone, this was founded by a man named Hugh d’Oddingsell in 1220. Other well known land marks along the High Street are, The Manor House which was built in 1495, and the Jarvis Hotel which was known as The George, this dates back to the 16th Century.
Solihull town centre blends the old with the new, we have a large shopping complex built within Solihull which opened in 2001, which added to the many existing shops, shops such as Pizza Hut, Mc Donalds, Giraffe, Coast to Coast, Five Guys, and also The Entertainer, Game, Fat Face, Smiggle, WHSmiths, Cotsworld and Waterstones. We also have a library in Solihull town centre.
In Solihull town centre there is an old building called the Manor House. It used to be someones home but downstairs it is now a tearoom and meeting hall and upstairs tells us about the history of the building. There are lots of different types of shops in Solihull, such as jewellers , clothes shops, food shops, a library, cinema, restaurants and toy shops.
From our school Sollihull Town Center is about 4 miles away.
I could see the library, the Manor House, shops, bars and restaurants.
There are lot’s of shops like Lara Ashley, Poundland, FatFace, New Look, Tk Max, BHS, and most high street retailers.
We also have a park and swimming baths in Solihull.
Acocks Green Today
Acocks Green is about four miles south-east of Birmingham city centre. It has a recognisable centre itself, known as “The Green”, which is at the junction of the Warwick Road and three local through-routes. The boundary of Acocks Green can be seen as the canal along the northern edge, the city boundary along the east side, then Lakey Lane as far as Broomhall Crescent. From there a line can be drawn to Fox Hollies Leisure Centre and continued along York Road to the North Warwickshire railway line. To complete the boundary the railway forms a barrier, as far as the canal.
From the Local Government elections in June 2004, the new ward of Acocks Green mostly reflects this geographical area. However, the area north of the Warwick Road is at present technically in Yardley District and the area south of it is in Sparkbrook District. To overcome this, the City has provisionally assigned the whole of the Ward to Sparkbrook District pending Boundary Commission decisions on constituencies for Birmingham.
Transport
Transport access to Acocks Green is good, if congested much of the time. There is a station on the Birmingham to Leamington line, and another on the border with Tyseley, on the North Warwickshire line. A number of bus routes to and from the city reach here, and the Outer Circle route and a number of cross-city routes also serve the area. The Warwick Road is very congested much of the time, but other roads such as Shirley Road, Fox Hollies Road, Stockfield Road, Olton Boulevard East and Yardley Road provide alternatives for many road users. Many years of controversy about a bypass have not led to any far-reaching solutions, as businesses have concerns about loss of passing trade and residents do not want increases in traffic past their houses.
Housing
There is some terraced housing in the area, but also a significant number of fine earlier Victorian houses. Very large municipal estates needing a degree of refurbishment are to be found in the south and to the west, and two early municipal estates have been rebuilt recently. Modern developments have been in the nature of replacement of large houses with small flat blocks or groups of smaller houses, and building over former sports clubs and nurseries with new estates. Three 1960s towers at Fox Hollies have been converted to warden-controlled blocks for the elderly. Acocks Green Ward is two thirds owner-occupied. There has been an increase in the number of private residential homes over the last decade: the Christadelphian home is still the largest in the area. There is a children’s home.
Population
The population comes from a variety of cultural backgrounds. There is a high degree of mobility of younger families and there are many elderly people in the Fox Hollies area. There has been an increase recently in the ethnic minority population.
Business
Industry exists on the western edges, by the railway and at Tyseley. The city is putting resources into regenerating Tyseley. Commercially, Acocks Green is an important shopping centre. The Warwick Road through to Olton is bordered by businesses of all kinds, although the number of charity shops has increased in recent years at the expense of other High Street enterprises. The Warwick Road has two supermarkets, and there is another at Fox Hollies.
Education
There are seven Primary schools and two secondary. There are now a number of private nurseries in the area. Adult education takes place at Stone Hall, Archbishop Ilsley Technology College, Ninestiles Technology College, and Fox Hollies Leisure Centre. There is a large library also at the Green, where informal adult education also takes place. There is a yoga institute on Westley Road.
Religion
A variety of places of worship can be found locally. St Mary Anglican, Acocks Green Methodist, Acocks Green Baptist, and Holy Souls Roman Catholic churches are the largest, but there is a Christadelphian Hall, a Church of God of Prophecy, Acocks Christian Centre, Birmingham City Mission, and a mosque on Alexander Road.
Leisure
Culturally and socially the excellent Leisure Centre at Fox Hollies and the refurbished public library are the most important facilities, but there is a very active community centre at Fox Hollies Forum. The British Legion have a local office and club. Hall Green Little Theatre is in Acocks Green. Acocks Green Bowl also has laser combat. There is a snooker club on Spring Road. The Greyhound Stadium is just over the border in Hall Green. There is also a social club situated on Broad Road and a Bingo Hall on Stockfield Road
Meeting Rooms
These are to be found at Acocks Green Library, Fox Hollies Leisure Centre, Fox Hollies Forum, Royal British Legion, Westley Hotel, Bridge House Hotel, Greswold Park Hotel, Lincoln Poacher, Inn on The Green, Fox Hollies Forum, Oaklands Primary School, Acocks Green Baptist church, Acocks Green Methodist church, and Holy Souls club. The church meeting rooms, the Forum and the library concentrate on non-commercial meetings.
Community
There is a Neighbourhood Office at Botteville Road. Yardley Road has a large police station. The Health Clinic on Shirley Road has been extended. Local Residents’ Associations, two Neighbourhood Forums and a long-standing Community Council represent the area. Acocks Green Carnival takes place on the first Saturday in July. Acocks Green now has a town centre manager, who is reinvigorating the sense of place of the area.
Heritage
Statutorily listed buildings are:
Cottages at 89-93 Arden Road (Grade II), the Baptist Church on Yardley Road (Grade II), the Baptist church hall on Alexander Road (Grade II) and the canal bridge at Woodcock Lane.
The City’s Local List includes:
The Fire Station (Grade B) and Caretaker’s house (Grade A) on Alexander Road, Police Station on Yardley Road (Grade B), a house on the corner of Elmdon Road, and the Library on Shirley Road (Grade A).
There is a scheduled ancient monument in Fox Hollies Park, a Bronze Age burnt mound.Acocks Green History Society has an extensive website at http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/aghs
Environment
There is some interesting and attractive green space in Acocks Green. The Recreation Ground, Fox Hollies Park, Curtis Gardens in front of the tower blocks on Fox Hollies Road and the linear open space along the Grand Union Canal are the largest examples. Millennium Green off Yardley Road adjacent to the canal is a more recent addition.
The Solihull school trip was exciting because we looked at the different buildings old and new.My favourite building was the Manor house , i liked looking at the old fascinating pictures.
We went to Solihull town centre and we all did fun activities my favorite one was Mrs Olsons. She did the manor house we looked at how it had changed from 500 hundred years ago to now it was so cool we got to see the garden they built the garden for people to relax and enjoy the house.
My favourite shop in Solihull is Poundland. I bought a water container and it is in my bedroom so I can get a drink. At Poundland you can get things for just £1!
My town centre are Solihull and Shirley. The nearest shops are in Shirley, such as ASDA, shoes zone, peacock and M&S.
You can also find interesting things in shirley like a church called Saint James the Great.
The Post Office is quite big.
In solihull there are interesting things as well like Malvern and Brueton Park which it is really big and with a lot of space
to have a lovely picnic.
Sometimes I go to Solihull with my family we love to watch a film in the cinema and eat at pizza hut. My sister and i love the Pizza hut´s ice-cream.
This week we went to Sollihul Town centre and we had 3 activitys to do . We had partners and I was with my best friend Mehreen . The first activity I did we had to find shops and mark what we think it is on the sheet .Then the second ativity I did we went to the Manor House and had some biscuits and squash , the activity was we had to write down what material was used the most in the main hall . And my last activity was going to poundland and finding te pictures that mrs Chana has taken of parts of sollihul . Then we went to PIZZA HUT . After that we went to te libary and Finally we went back to shool. My favourite building was the Manor House because it was really posh. To get to Sollihul is 6.6 wich takes about 13 minutes to get by car . There were alot of shops but my favourite was poundland .:-)
In Solihull Town Centre there are lots of old buildings like St Alphege Church as well as new buildings like Touchwood. There are many different shops in Solihull from clothes shops to restaurants. In the heart of Solihull is Mell square which has lots of different shops.
Our local town center is Solihull, from my house it is 6 miles away. The shops there are poundland, smiggle, clothes shops, phone shops and John Lewis. One of the buildings there is the opera house which is 520 years old. I really enjoyed visiting Solihull and I enjoyed going to pizza hut.
Solihull Town Centre is not far away from Cheswick Green. We went there on a school trip to do some activities such as a trip to Poundland, where I bought a pair of headphones. They weren’t very good!
There are lots of different types of shops – clothes, music, electrical, food etc.
We went to PizzaHut for lunch and I had pepperoni pizza and it was delicious.
I enjoyed our trip out but I don’t like it as much when I go with my mum!