Marston Green

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Marston Green
Village
Marston Green Tavern.jpg
The Marston Green Tavern, seen in 2006
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Marston Green
Location within the West Midlands
Population7,432 
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Shire county
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district B37, B40
Dialling code 0121
Police West Midlands
Fire West Midlands
Ambulance West Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
West Midlands
52°27′54″N1°44′24″W / 52.465°N 1.740°W / 52.465; -1.740

Marston Green is a village in the civil parish of Bickenhill and Marston Green, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands. It lies within the historic county of Warwickshire. The Parish which includes the village had a population of 7,432 in the 2021 census. [1]

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Geography

Marston Green is situated at the eastern fringe of the West Midlands conurbation, adjacent to Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. Marston Green railway station, opened in April 1838 by the London and Birmingham Railway, lies on the Birmingham loop of the West Coast Main Line and is served by West Midlands Trains' local services to Birmingham and Coventry, and a smaller number of semi-fast services to Northampton and London Euston.

Features of the area include the Marston Green Tavern, St Leonards Church and Marston Green Infant and Junior schools. It is also home to Marston Green Tennis Club (established 1923) [2] and Marston Green Cricket Club (est. 1926). [3]

History

Marston Green began as a small village surrounded by agricultural land in the estate of Coleshill [4] . At this time, in the 11th century, the village was part of the manor known as Merestone. [4] The village grew into a leafy suburb in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, due to the construction of many detached and semi-detached homes in the 1930s, which were typical of many suburban homes in the area. The growth of homes here was encouraged by the presence of a rail station. Following the expansion of the nearby Birmingham Airport, the construction of the National Exhibition Centre and the local housing estate of Chelmsley Wood, Marston Green has grown largely into a commuter village with many of its residents working in Solihull and Birmingham.

There was a Canadian air force base in Marston Green during the Second World War. Afterwards, the buildings were used as a maternity hospital and then a psychiatric hospital, then were demolished in the 1990s. [5]

The village was in Meriden Rural District until becoming part of Solihull, and thus the new West Midlands county, in 1974. [5]

Notable people

Music

Sport

References

  1. "Bickenhill and Marston Green (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. "MGLTC". www.mgltc.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  3. "Marston Green Cricket Club". Marston Green CC. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Marston Green history". Solihull MBC. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "History". Bickenhill & Marston Green Parish Council. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. Jones, Alison (31 May 2013). "Willetts still on song". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 24 March 2018.