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Boldmere

Boldmere is a residential area of Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a town within the Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham, in the northeast of the city, with a population of List of English cities by population recorded in the 2001 census....
, Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England

England

New Oscott

New Oscott is an area of Birmingham, England.It was named after the Oscott area of Birmingham, when St. Mary's College, Oscott, the Roman Catholic Church seminary, moved from that site to the new one....
, Sutton Park

Sutton Park

Sutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, is one of the largest urban parks in Europe and the largest outside a capital city; it is smaller than Richmond Park in London, but larger than the Phoenix Park in Dublin which both claim to be the largest in Europe....
, Wylde Green

Wylde Green

Wylde Green is a residential area within the town of Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, England in the West Midlands . It was in the Counties of the United Kingdom of Warwickshire....
and Erdington

Erdington

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Boldmere is a residential area of Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield

Birmingham

England

New Oscott

Sutton Park

Wylde Green

Wylde Green is a residential area within the town of Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, England in the West Midlands . It was in the Counties of the United Kingdom of Warwickshire....
and Erdington

Erdington

Erdington is an area five miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, England. It is also a Government of Birmingham, England#Districts, managed by its own district committee....
.

Boldmere is triangular in shape and roughly bounded on the north by Monmouth Drive, on the east by the Cross-City railway line and on the south-west by Chester Road. The main shopping centre of Boldmere is at the northern end of Boldmere Road, which runs North-South through the centre of Boldmere. The collection of shops at the southern end of Boldmere Road is known locally as Little Boldmere.

The name Boldmere comes from the nearby Baldmoor Lake, no longer in existence. Although the area was inhabited before then, it was the opening of the Birmingham to Sutton Railway line in 1862 that gave impetus to the growth of Boldmere. A second housing boom occurred in the 1930s, with both private and council housing being built.

Boldmere's main roads are Jockey Road (A453

A453 road

The A453 road was formerly the main trunk road connecting the English cities of Nottingham and Birmingham. However, the middle section of this mainly single-carriageway road has largely been downgraded to B roads in Great Britains or U roads in Great Britains following the construction of the parallel M42 motorway-A42 road link....
), Chester Road (A452

A452 road

The A452 is a road in England, which runs from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire to Brownhills in Staffordshire. It is the major link to the M6 motorway for both Leamington and Warwick in addition to serving as Leamington's link to the M40 motorway and to Coventry....
) and Boldmere Road (B4142). Boldmere is served by Wylde Green

Wylde Green railway station

Wylde Green railway station is a railway station serving northern Wylde Green and Boldmere in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It is on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line 10 km north east of Birmingham New Street, and is in West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive fare zone 4....
and Chester Road

Chester Road railway station

Chester Road railway station is a railway station serving the Pype Hayes area of north-east Birmingham and Erdington area, in the West Midlands county of the United Kingdom....
railway stations, both on the Cross-City railway line, which runs between Lichfield

Lichfield

Lichfield is a city status in the United Kingdom and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. One of seven civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated 25 km north of Birmingham and 200 km northwest of central London....
and Redditch

Redditch

Redditch is a town and Non-metropolitan district in north-east Worcestershire, England. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005....
via Birmingham.

Boldmere is well-served with shops, banks,hair dressers, pubs and restaurants. There is also a Post Office

Post office

A post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail. Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies....
and a public library

Public library

A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and may be operated by Civil services....
at .

Places of worship

The churches in the area are:

, Church Road (Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
)
, Jockey Road (Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
)
Chester Road Baptist Church, Chester Road
Boldmere Methodist Church, Boldmere Road
, Britwell Road

Education

Educational facilities in the area include:

, Cofield Road
, Cofield Road
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School, Jockey Road
Boldmere Adult Education
Adult education

Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. This often happens in the workplace, through 'extension' or 'continuing education' courses at secondary schools, at a college or university....
Centre, St Michael's Road.

Entertainment

Boldmere is also home to:

, a Community Theatre Arts Centre, on Sheffield Road
Boldmere St Michaels Football Club, a member of the Midland Football Alliance
Midland Football Alliance

The Midland Football Alliance is an English association football league for Semi-professional teams. It primarily covers the West Midlands region but also includes teams from parts of the East Midlands....
, on Church Road
on Monmouth Drive

was formerly based at Powell's Pool in Sutton Park near Boldmere Gate, but moved to in 1971. A memorial by Benjamin Creswick

Benjamin Creswick

Benjamin Creswick was a sculpture, active in the Birmingham area in the 1880s-1920s at least.He was also a member of the Century Guild of Artists which aimed "to render all branches of art the sphere no longer of the tradesman but of the artist"....
to members of the club who lost their lives in World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
now stands inside Wyndley Leisure Centre.

, a film actress of the 1950s and 60s, lived in Boldmere, and attended Boldmere School.

Boldmere has its own gate into Sutton Park

Sutton Park

Great Midlands Fun Run

The Great Midlands Fun Run is an annual charity fundraising event held in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands , England.The event began in 2003 with a total of over ?40,000 being raised....
.

Boldmere

Places of worship

Education

Entertainment

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