Smith's Wood

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Coordinates: 52°30′00″N 1°44′49″W / 52.500°N 1.747°W

Smith's Wood
Smith's Wood Smith's Wood shown within the West Midlands
Population	10,943 (2001)
Civil parish	Smith's wood
Metropolitan borough	Solihull
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Birmingham/Solihull
Postcode district	B36
Dialling code	0121
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Meriden
List of places UK England West Midlands

Smith's Wood is a residential area in the north of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. It is a civil parish with a population of 10,943, according to the 2001 census.

The A452 and M6 form its north and east boundary, Kingshurst and Fordbridge its south, and Castle Bromwich its west.

Smith's Wood also has several parks that are being redeveloped. The Smith's Wood estate is the site of the ancient 'Smith's Wood'- a historical woodland which was once part of the forest of Arden. It was officially designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2004^[1]^[2] and is going to be enhanced as part of the regeneration project along with other green spaces.

Smith's Wood is home to Smith's Wood Boys Football Club, a large boys' football club established in 1970. Derby County forward Jamie Ward is from Smiths Wood and attended Smiths Wood Sports College.

Many flats and houses are being demolished and rebuilt in Smith's Wood as part of the regeneration of North Solihull. New features will include a high street, a community hub, and a new private housing estate on Burton's Farm Park. The Woodlands campus of Solihull College was completed in 2006.

Education

There are five primary schools; also two special schools and a secondary school (Smith's Wood Sports College) on adjacent sites.

Ethnicity

At the 2001 Census, Smith’s Wood had the 6th highest proportion of non-white residents(Black, Asian, Mixed Race and Chinese) in Solihull (6%), although all wards in the Borough are below the West Midlands average of 11%. Smith’s Wood has the Borough’s highest proportion of mixed race (3%) and black residents (3%). Since the 2001 Census, the proportion of non-white residents in Solihull has risen significantly. Experimental statistics from mid-2007, estimate that the proportion of non-white residents in Solihull rose to 9%. Ward level figures are not available, but it is likely that Smith’s Wood will have seen a proportional rise in non-white residents as well.

References

↑ "Smith's Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
↑ "Map of Smith's Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

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