Babbs Mill Lake

Yorks Wood is a Local Nature Reserve in Kingshurst, Solihull, England. It is an 11 hectares (27 acres) ancient wood of predominantly oak trees. The River Cole is located south of the wood and located within Kingfisher Country Park.

Sheldon Hall is an early 16th-century Grade II* listed manor house located on Gressel Lane in the Tile Cross area of Birmingham, England, consisting of a main block of two stories and attics built of red and black bricks with stone dressings. The city boundary runs along the eastern side of the property, and it was historically located within Warwickshire, near to the border with Worcestershire. The building is now used as a restaurant. In 1439 the manor of Sheldon belonged to Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham passing on his death in 1460 to his grandson Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, who was beheaded for treason in 1483. After the attainder of his son Edward in 1521 the whole of Sheldon manor was granted by the Crown to Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset. He died in 1530 and his son Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk was also attainted and beheaded in 1554. In 1575 Queen Elizabeth I granted Sheldon to Henry Grey on payment of an annual rental but he sold his rights to Sir George Digby of Coleshill Hall. The present hall was built by Sir Edward Digby for his son on the site of an older hall known as the East Hall. In 1751 the hall and surrounding land was bought and leased out by the Birmingham industrialist John Taylor of Bordesley Hall, Birmingham. The Digby family, however, remained in possession until 1919, when it was sold off. The building then gradually fell into a state of disrepair, but was saved from demolition when converted into a restaurant in 1997.Children growing up in the local area during the 1960s and 70s nicknamed the building Baldy's Mansion. Mr Albert Brayley owned the property in 1970s till the early 1990s

John Henry Newman Catholic College (JHNCC), formerly Archbishop Grimshaw School, is an English secondary school in the Fordbridge area of Solihull, although it lies in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.

Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst (previously CTC Kingshurst Academy) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Kingshurst, Solihull, England. It was the only City Technology College to offer post-16 students the opportunity to study the International Baccalaureate instead of A-levels. It also offers the options of studying for GNVQs and BTECs in various subjects.

Fordbridge is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) east of Birmingham. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 8,749. Fordbridge lies within the historic county of Warwickshire.

Kingshurst is a post-war village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands. It lies about 9 miles (14 km) east of Birmingham city centre. Smith's Wood borders it to the north and east, Fordbridge to the south and the Shard End area of Birmingham to the west.

Tile Cross is an area in the east of the city of Birmingham, England. It lies within the historic county of Warwickshire. It is a small area with a shopping centre on the borders of Stechford, Marston Green and the Radleys. The name originates from the tile production at the former quarry that existed on what is now parkland between St Peter's C of E Church and Shirestone School. Landmarks in the area include Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, a Grade II listed building, which has an associated primary school, and nearby Sheldon Hall, a Grade II* listed building.

Tile Cross Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the Tile Cross area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

Grace Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school within the English Academy programme, at Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, West Midlands. It opened in 2006 and replaced the old Whitesmore School. It is a specialist Business and Enterprise college. Grace Academy Solihull is constituted as a company and registered charity under English law.In 2009 the school achieved average results for Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 but only 28% achieved 5 or more GCSEs grade C or above compared to a national average of 47.6%.

Shard End Lake is a man-made lake created out of an old quarry, it is managed by Kingfisher Country Park. It is Located in Birmingham, this lake holds a variety of silverfish including roach to 1 lb, perch to 2 lbs, bream and tench to 6 lbs, and carp and pike to 30 lbs.

Our Lady Help of Christians is a Grade II* listed catholic church in Tile Cross, Birmingham. Built in 1966–67 and designed by Richard Gilbert Scott of Giles Scott, Son and Partner. The church is active with Sunday mass at 09:30 and 17:00. The nearby Our Lady's Catholic Primary School is associated with the church.

Hemlingford Hundred was one of the four hundreds that the English county of Warwickshire was divided into, along with Kington, Knightlow and Barlichway. It was recorded in the Domesday Book under the name of Coleshill.At the time of the Domesday Survey this hundred was known as 'Coleshelle' Hundred and its meeting-place was at Coleshill; it is first called by its present name of Hemlingford Hundred in the Pipe Roll of 8 Henry II (1161–2). The hundred covered northern Warwickshire, including Birmingham, Nuneaton, Solihull and Tamworth. It was under the governance of several peers including the Lord of Packington Hall and Lord of Hermitage Manor with accompanying Stewards.It was itself sub-divided into four subdivisions, those of Atherstone, Birmingham, Solihull and Tamworth. The Atherstone subdivision comprised 15 parishes and 4 townships and chapelries: Ansley, Baxterley, Caldecote, Chilvers Coton, Corley, Fillongley, Lea Marston, Mancetter, Atherstone, Hartshill, Maxstoke, Merevale, Nuneaton, Attleborough, Stockingford, Shustoke, Weddington, Whitacre Nether and Whitacre Over.