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Chelmsley Wood is a relatively new area, which was built in the 1960s on ancient woodland (part of the Forest of Arden) as an overspill estate for Birmingham. A shopping centre (which opened on 7 April 1970), a library, hall and a few public houses but no other leisure amenities were included. In recent years, it has tried to market itself as 'North Solihull,' but this has led to disbelief from the local people and press, perhaps because of the economical–political difference between the mostly working-class Chelmsley Wood and largely middle-class Solihull. With the adjoining neighbourhoods of Fordbridge and Smith's Wood, it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in 1974.

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  • Chelmsley Wood
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  • Chelmsley Wood is a relatively new area, which was built in the 1960s on ancient woodland (part of the Forest of Arden) as an overspill estate for Birmingham. A shopping centre (which opened on 7 April 1970), a library, hall and a few public houses but no other leisure amenities were included. In recent years, it has tried to market itself as 'North Solihull,' but this has led to disbelief from the local people and press, perhaps because of the economical–political difference between the mostly working-class Chelmsley Wood and largely middle-class Solihull. With the adjoining neighbourhoods of Fordbridge and Smith's Wood, it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in 1974.
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  • Chelmsley Wood is a relatively new area, which was built in the 1960s on ancient woodland (part of the Forest of Arden) as an overspill estate for Birmingham. A shopping centre (which opened on 7 April 1970), a library, hall and a few public houses but no other leisure amenities were included. In recent years, it has tried to market itself as 'North Solihull,' but this has led to disbelief from the local people and press, perhaps because of the economical–political difference between the mostly working-class Chelmsley Wood and largely middle-class Solihull. With the adjoining neighbourhoods of Fordbridge and Smith's Wood, it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in 1974. There were several other tower block estates constructed not far away to the north of Chelmsley Wood, such as Bromford and Castle Vale, although living conditions on these rapidly deteriorated in comparison. Similar to Castle Vale though was the layout of some of the estates in the Chelmsley Wood complex, with the roads and houses being arranged in a grid pattern.
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