Stockland Green is an area of

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. It gives its name to a

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which is part of the

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formal district, and is located to the south-west of Erdington and north-east of Birmingham City Centre. The area is often mistakenly identified as Erdington, normally through domestic and commercial addresses. The area however has its own council ward and is outside Erdington's traditional boundaries, previously in the Birmingham Aston constituency.

Demographics

The 2001 Population Census recorded that there were 23,060 people living in the ward with a population density of 4,487 people per km² compared with 3,649 people per km² for Birmingham. 24.7% (5,706) of the ward's population consists of ethnic minorities compared with 29.6% for Birmingham in general.

Politics

The ward was dominated by the Labour Party between the mid-1980s to 2007 and sent three Labour councillors to

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. However, in 2008 this changed when Matt Bennett won for the local Conservative Party. Ward boundaries changed in 2018 and Stockland Green was reduced from three councillors to two; the ward no longer included

Gravelly Hill Gravelly Hill is an area of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Location Gravelly Hill is approximately 4 miles north-east of Birmingham city centre. To the north-west is Perry Barr and to the north-east are Stockland Green, Erdington and Sutton Coldf ...

which became a single-member ward. Stockland Green has a Ward Support Officer.

Places of interest

Points of interest include

Witton Cemetery Witton Cemetery (), which opened in Witton in 1863 as Birmingham City Cemetery, is the largest cemetery in Birmingham, England. Covering an area of , it once had three chapels; however, two of these were demolished in 1980. The cemetery would ...

, one of the largest cemeteries in the Midlands, which can be seen from the

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. Other areas include the Josiah Mason/Stockland Green complex of schools and colleges and

Witton Lakes Witton Lakes (previously known as Upper Witton Reservoir and Middle Witton Reservoir) are a pair of former drinking water reservoirs between the Perry Common and Erdington areas of Birmingham, England (not in nearby Witton). Two brooks, arisin ...

, an area of local beauty. A rocky outcrop is located along the Tyburn Road. There are two major areas of open space;

Bleak Hill Recreation Ground Bleak Hill Park (formerly known as Short Heath Recreational Ground) is a public park in Erdington, Birmingham, UK. It is identified by Birmingham City Council as a "green corridor". History The park is named after the topographical name of ...

and

Brookvale Park Brookvale Park is located in the Stockland Green Ward of Erdington Constituency in England. The park surrounds Brookvale Park Lake. Within the park there is a bowling green, tennis courts, a children's play area and sailing club. Many local reside ...

, which contains a large lake. Stockland Green Community Leisure Centre serves the area.

Transport

Three major roads dissect the area; Tyburn Road (A38), Gravelly Hill (A5127) and Reservoir Road (A4040). The

is situated in the southern boundary of the ward.

Gravelly Hill railway station Gravelly Hill railway station serves the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line. Opened in 1862, the station was built by the London and North Western (LNWR) ra ...

on the

Cross-City Line The Cross-City Line is a commuter rail line in the West Midlands region of England. It runs for from Redditch and Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, its two southern termini, to Lichfield, Staffordshire, its northern terminus, via Birmingham New Str ...

is on the boundary of Stockland Green and Gravelly Hill wards.

References

External links

Birmingham City Council: Stockland Green Ward
Wards of Birmingham, West Midlands Erdington Areas of Birmingham, West Midlands {{WestMidlands-geo-stub