Fordbridge

Fordbridge
Town
Fordbridge is located in West Midlands county
Fordbridge
Fordbridge
Location within the West Midlands
Population8,479 (2011)
Civil parish
  • Fordbridge
Metropolitan borough
Shire county
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBIRMINGHAM
Postcode districtB37
Dialling code0121
PoliceWest Midlands
FireWest Midlands
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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England
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52°29′02″N 1°44′56″W / 52.484°N 1.749°W / 52.484; -1.749

Fordbridge

Meriden Park Lake, Fordbridge

Fordbridge is a town[1] and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 8,749.[2] It lies within the historic county of Warwickshire. The town is encompassed within the electoral ward Kingshurst & Fordbridge.

The village of Kingshurst borders the town at the western point of Cooks Lane. A significant part of the town borders the City of Birmingham district to the east. The River Cole, West Midlands shapes the border between Fordbridge and neighbouring Chelmsley Wood to the south and west.

Etymology

Fordbridge gets its name from the crossing over the River Cole on Cooks Lane, which was referred to as "Ford Bridge" on 19th century OS maps.[3] This name suggests this site was previously a ford, but eventually a bridge was built on the site of that ford, thus giving the bridge and ultimately the civil parish its name.

Transport

The closest railway station to the town is Marston Green.

References

  1. ^ "Fordbridge Town Council". www.fordbridge.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Warwickshire XV.NW (includes: Coleshill.)". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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