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Kingshurst

Kingshurst is a large post-war suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the , England. Historically part of the county of in the Meriden Rural District, It lies about 7 miles north of town centre, 10 miles east of and 13 miles northwest of , it borders North Warwickshire to the east.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 8,350 residents
  • Description: village in West Midlands, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Kingshurst, West Midlands”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yorks Wood and John Henry Newman Catholic College.

Forest
is a Local Nature Reserve in Kingshurst, , . It is an 11 hectares ancient wood of predominantly oak trees. The is located south of the wood and located within Kingfisher Country Park.

School
, formerly Archbishop Grimshaw School, is an English Catholic School located in Fordbridge, North Solihull.

Church
Photo: Ann Causer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a brick built Grade II listed Church of England parish church in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fordbridge and Shard End.

Suburb
is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the , England. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 8,749.

Village
Photo: Ann Causer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of , England. It is also a ward within the formal district of Hodge Hill. borders to the north and Kingshurst to the east which are situated in the northern part of the neighbouring Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.

Town
Photo: Carl Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, sometimes called just Chelmsley, is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, with a population of 12,453.

Kingshurst

Latitude
52.49391° or 52° 29′ 38″ north
Longitude
-1.75027° or 1° 45′ 1″ west
Population
8,350
Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)
Open location code
9C4WF6VX+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262947840
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
13272688
Wiki­data ID
Q11739322
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Kingshurst” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kingshurst”
  • Bengali: “কিংস্টশাস্ট”
  • Bulgarian: “Кингшурст”
  • Cebuano: “Kingshurst”
  • Chinese: “京斯霍斯特”
  • Chinese: “金斯霍斯特”
  • Dutch: “Kingshurst”
  • French: “Kingshurst”
  • German: “Kingshurst”
  • Gujarati: “કિંગ્સહર્સ્ટ”
  • Irish: “Kingshurst”
  • Japanese: “キングシャースト”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿಂಗ್ಸ್ಹರ್ಸ್ಟ್”
  • Korean: “킹스허스트”
  • Ladin: “Kingshurst”
  • Lithuanian: “Kingshurstas”
  • Polish: “Kingshurst”
  • Portuguese: “Kingshurst”
  • Russian: “Кингсхарст”
  • Spanish: “Kingshurst”
  • Swedish: “Kingshurst”
  • Tamil: “கிங்ஷுரஸ்ட்”
  • Telugu: “కింగ్స్ హర్స్ట్”
  • Turkish: “Kingshurst”
  • Urdu: “کینجشورست”

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