Hodge Hill

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Hodge Hill
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Hodge Hill
Location within the West Midlands
Population28,026 (2011.Ward) [1]
  Density 48.2 per ha
OS grid reference SP130890
Metropolitan borough
Shire county
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district B34 & B36
Dialling code 0121
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UK Parliament
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West Midlands
52°29′49″N1°49′08″W / 52.497°N 1.819°W / 52.497; -1.819
Hodge Hill constituency shown within Birmingham BirminghamHodgeHillConstituency.svg
Hodge Hill constituency shown within Birmingham

Hodge Hill is an area 4 miles east of Birmingham City Centre, England. [2] It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. The MP of Hodge Hill is currently Liam Byrne. [3]

Contents

The constituency includes the smaller constituency ward and the wards of Bordesley Green, Shard End and Washwood Heath.

Politics

Hodge Hill is in the larger constituency of the same name.

The Hodge Hill ward is currently represented by three councillors on Birmingham City Council. The ward has a Ward Support Officer.[ citation needed ]

Geography

The boundaries of the Hodge Hill Ward are defined by the M6 motorway to the north and A4040 outer circle to the west.

Hodge Hill Common and the Cole Valley, which are covered by the Kingfisher Country Park, are major areas of open space within the ward.

Population

The 2001 Population Census recorded 24,825 people living within the ward with a population density of 4,566 people per km2 compared with 3,649 people per km2 for Birmingham. Ethnic minorities represent 13.9% (3,442) of the ward's population as opposed to 29.6% for Birmingham in general.

Transport

The B4114 Coleshill Road is the main road that separates the area. Stechford station on the Coventry to Birmingham New Street line, as well as occasional services to Walsall via Aston, serves the area.

Coleshill Road was the A47 before 1997, when the Heartlands Spine Road was completed.

Facilities

The local library is Glebe Farm Library, [4] which was the first library to be built in Birmingham after World War II. It was constructed out of pre-fabricated concrete sections and took one year to build. On 22 April 1952 it was opened to the public by Alderman Ralph Yates, then Lord Mayor of Birmingham. The Glebe Farm Local History Society gather at the library once every month.

Shopping facilities are mainly provided at the Fox & Goose; however, many travel to nearby Stechford to shop.

Primary schools in the area include Colebourne Primary School and Hodge Hill Primary School, while the main secondary schools serving the area are Hodge Hill College and Hodge Hill Girls' School. Special schools in Hodge Hill include Beaufort School and Braidwood School for The Deaf.

People

People from Hodge Hill include:

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References

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  2. Ltd, rome2rio Pty. "Getting from Birmingham to Hodge Hill via bus, taxi, foot". Rome2rio. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. "Liam Byrne MP, Birmingham, Hodge Hill". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/glebefarmlibrary
  5. Young, Graham (5 March 2015). "Artist Reuben Colley opens new Colmore Row art gallery". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 6 March 2015.