St James the Great

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.

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican and Methodist
Description: church in Shirley, West Midlands, England, UK
Also known as: “Church of Saint James Church of St James”, “St James the Great Church, Shirley”, and “St James the Great, Shirley”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shirley railway station and Palmers Rough.

Shirley railway station

Railway station

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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. Shirley railway station is situated 1 mile west of St James the Great.

Palmers Rough

Nature reserve

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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.

Light Hall School

School

Light Hall School is a secondary school located in Shirley, West Midlands, England. Light Hall School was established on Hathaway Road in 1965 as a boys' grammar school on land once belonging to Light Hall Farm. Light Hall School is situated 2,800 feet southwest of St James the Great.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shirley and Blossomfield.

Shirley

Town

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shirley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. Historically a rural settlement within the county of Warwickshire, it forms a contiguous urban area with the nearby town of Solihull and the city of Birmingham.

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.

Solihull Lodge

Village

Solihull Lodge is a residential area of Solihull, England, near its border with Birmingham. The area developed originally from a number of farms which were located near the Mill Pond on Priory Road.

St James the Great

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Solihull, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.40725° or 52° 24′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.82571° or 1° 49′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C4WC54F+VP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 58782048

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=methodist

Wikidata ID

Q16900143

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