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Southeast on Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, east Birmingham
Before the development of Chelmsley Wood this was Coleshill Heath, farmland. The extensive new suburb or village first appears on an OS map of 1971. The wider area is sometimes referred to as North Solihull, the subject of some regeneration.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 10 Aug 2017
0.05 miles
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OS benchmark - 129 Chelmsley Road
An OS cutmark on the side wall of no 129 Chelmsley Road; originally levelled at 98.847m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 4 Feb 2014
0.06 miles
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Chelmsley Wood Baptist Church
Much building and renewal work is taking place around this part of town at present, and a distant picture of the church proved more or less impossible due to access restrictions.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 9 Dec 2013
0.09 miles
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Marlene Croft and Trevelyan House, Chelmsley Wood, east Birmingham
Trevelyan House conceals the identical Richmond House. Pairs of tower blocks among low-rise housing is characteristic of Chelmsley Wood and other parts of North Solihull.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 10 Aug 2017
0.11 miles
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The Forum Gym
At the rear of the shops in Craig Croft.
Image: © Carl Baker
Taken: 11 Sep 2006
0.12 miles
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New road, Pomeroy Way
Image: © Alex McGregor
Taken: 16 Jul 2014
0.13 miles
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Richmond House and Trevelyan House
A pair of (almost) identical late-1960s tower blocks, built by Bryant Construction on the Chelmsley Wood housing estate. Each is 11 storeys high (not including the ground floor) with 40 flats in Richmond, and 45 flats in Trevelyan.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 4 Feb 2014
0.13 miles
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Local shops
Craig Croft shops off Dunster Road in Chelmsley Wood.
Image: © Carl Baker
Taken: 10 Sep 2006
0.15 miles
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Frensham Close off Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 26 Jul 2021
0.15 miles
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Bishop Wilson C of E Primary school
A new school for 3 to 11 year old children, maybe not quite finished yet by the look of some of the work going on, on the north side of Chelmsley Wood at Chelmund's Cross. It opened in September 2013, and is the result of significant investment by the Solihull Council and the Birmingham Diocese.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 9 Dec 2013
0.15 miles