Leyfields

Leyfields
Housing estate
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Unitary authority	Staffordshire Tamworth
Shire county	Staffordshire
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TAMWORTH
Postcode district	B79
UK Parliament	Tamworth
List of places UK England 52°38′32″N1°42′20″W / 52.6421°N 1.7056°W / 52.6421; -1.7056

Leyfields is a housing estate in Tamworth, Staffordshire, ^{[1] [2]} consisting of 3-storey flats, maisonettes, bungalows and houses.^{[ citation needed ]} It was built in the 1960s as a postwar housing estate. ^[3] It joins the Gillway estate and Coton Green. ^{[4] [5]}

The estate has a Methodist church, ^[6] a Community Centre, ^[7] shops, and Wigginton Park, ^[8] the home to Tamworth RUFC. ^[9]

Leyfields is also part of the Staffordshire County Council division of Perry Crofts,^{[ citation needed ]} and the Tamworth Borough Council ward of Mercian. ^{[7] [10]}

References

1. McShane, Asher (20 September 2019). "Body found in search for Keeley Bunker, 20, who went missing after gig in Tamworth". LBC . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
2. OLoughlin, Ciara (23 September 2019). "Man charged for murder of tragic Keeley Bunker, 20, found dead in stream". Extra.ie . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
3. Forte, Joe (7 November 2024). "Growing up in Birmingham in the 60s: 9 old pictures showing what it was like to grow up in Birmingham in 1960s". BirminghamWorld . Retrieved 29 June 2025. 2. 1960s: The Mayor, Councillor E. Collins, welcomes a family of six into their new home which is the first four-bedroom house to be handed over to tenants on the Leyfields housing estate. This house was one of 563 Easiform houses being constructed as part of Tamworth's scheme to house some of Birmingham's overspill population.
4. Planning Committee Update (PDF) (Report). Tamworth Borough Council. 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
5. Annual Report 2017-18 (PDF) (Report). Tamworth Borough Council. 2018. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
6. "Places of Welcome: Tamworth". Diocese of Lichfield . Retrieved 29 June 2025. St Andrew's Methodist Church, Thackeray Drive, Leyfields, Tamworth, B79 8HY
7. Newbould, Daniel (25 August 2023). "Beloved Tamworth Leyfields community centre saved by the bell as new use revealed". Birmingham Live . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
8. Newbould, Dan (7 November 2024). "POLICE HUNTING GANG OF BALACLAVA TEENS AFTER THREE ROBBERIES ON THE SAME DAY". Tamworth Herald . Retrieved 29 June 2025– via PressReader. They walked off into Leyfields, towards the shops/wigginton Park.
9. Newbould, Daniel (18 August 2021). "Tamworth Rugby Club closed after travellers move onto popular Wigginton Park". Birmingham Live . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
10. "Community fest". Atherstone & Coleshill Herald. 23 May 2024. p. 18. Retrieved 29 June 2025– via PressReader. ....the Mercian ward at St Andrew's, Leyfields...