Solihull
Country: United Kingdom · 206,674 inhabitants
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Solihull is a town near Birmingham in the West Midlands county on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. It offers a mix of urban centres and rural villages. Many people visit Solihull for events at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).
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Solihull ( SO(H)L-ee-hul, SOH-lee-HUL) is a large market town in the east of the West Midlands county, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. It is the most important town in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, which is named after it. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census, and the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 216,240. The town is located around 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Birmingham and 14 miles (23 km) west of Coventry. Solihull is one of the major towns of the West Midlands conurbation centred around Birmingham.
Solihull itself is mostly urban; however, the larger borough is rural in character, with many outlying villages, and three quarters of the borough designated as green belt. The town and its borough was part of Warwickshire for most of its history. It has roots dating back to the 1st century BC, and was further formally established during the medieval era. Today the town is famed as, amongst other things, the birthplace of the Land Rover car marque, home of Solihull Moors FC and the training facilities for the British Equestrian teams. It became part of the West Midlands metropolitan county in 1974.