Shirley
Shirley is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. Historically a rural settlement within the county of Warwickshire, it is now contiguous with nearby Solihull and Birmingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 32,000 residents
- Description: district of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull near Birmingham in the county of West Midlands, England
- Also known as: “Shirley, West Midlands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St James the Great and Palmers Rough.
St James the Great
Church
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St James the Great, Shirley is a Grade II listed parish church in the town of Shirley in Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. It is part of the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham.
Palmers Rough
Nature reserve
Photo: Pahazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palmers Rough is a local nature reserve and park located in Shirley, Solihull. It covers an area of approximately 7.3 hectares and consists of two separate woodland blocks; Palmers Coppice to the east, and Squires Coppice to the west.
Shirley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kadellar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shirley railway station serves the Shirley area of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. Situated on the North Warwickshire Line, the station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blossomfield and Yardley Wood.
Blossomfield
Village
Blossomfield is a suburb of Solihull, West Midlands, England. It is the location of the main campus of Solihull College as well as Alderbrook School, Tudor Grange Academy and St Peter's Catholic School.
Yardley Wood
Village
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yardley Wood is an area of Birmingham, United Kingdom, covering the easternmost quadrant of postcode area B14, and is located across the wards of Billesley and Highter's Heath in the south of the city.
Hall Green
Village
Photo: Darius Khan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hall Green is an area in southeast Birmingham, England. It is also a council constituency of Birmingham City Council, managed by its own district committee.
Shirley
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Solihull, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.41123° or 52° 24′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.82773° or 1° 49′ 40″ westPopulation
32,000Elevation
476 feet (145 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SIYOpen location code
9C4WC56C+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 130238099OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Shirley” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shirley”
- Cebuano: “Shirley”
- Malayalam: “ഷേർളി”
- Swedish: “Shirley (del av en befolkad plats)”
- Swedish: “Shirley, West Midlands”
- Urdu: “شرلی، ویسٹ مڈلینڈز”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shirley”. Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.