Chartered Surveyors Solihull West Midlands

Approximate Population: 94,753

Solihull, West Midlands, has a number of parks including Malvern Park, Brueton Park, Tudor Grange Park, Elmdon Park and Shirley Park. The nearest parks to the town centre are Malvern and Brueton parks. They are interlinked and cover about 130 acres (0.53 km2). Brueton Park used to be part of the grounds of Malvern Hall, which dates back to about 1690. It is home now to St Martin’s School. Solihull has numerous leisure facilities including a public swimming pool on the edge of Tudor Grange Park.

This pool replaced an outdoor pool in Tudor Grange Park which was demolished in the 1960s. The pool has now been replaced again by a smaller but more modern pool in the new leisure centre. At present there are two sports centres, the more modern Tudor Grange sports centre, and the older Norman Green sports centre, formerly known as the Norman Green Athletics Centre. There is also an outdoor wooden skateboarding and in-line skating facility in Tudor Grange Park. Sailing takes place on Olton Reservoir.

The borough is well served by numerous youth groups, both from the statutory and voluntary sector. Amongst these is Knowle Sea Scout Groupbased in the south of Solihull which is sponsored by the Royal Navy and provides a wide programme of activities for young people from all over Solihull aged from 6 to 18.

The recently refurbished ice rink on Hobs Moat Road is home to Solihull’s ice hockey teams the Solihull Barons, Solihull Vikings, a Junior ice hockey team, the Mohawks ice racing club, as well as ice dance and figure skating clubs. Above the ice rink is a Rileys snooker club.