Sutton Trinity is one of the 40 electoral

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s in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

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. It is named after Holy Trinity Church, the town's parish church. Sutton Trinity is one of four wards comprising the

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and formal district of

Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, known locally as Sutton ( ), is a town and civil parish in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south ...

, Birmingham. It was created on 10 June 2004, following a

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review of the city. It covers

Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Stu-Sz#Su, location * S ...

town centre and includes the neighbourhoods of Tudor Hill,

Maney Maney is an area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It is situated close to the town centre of Sutton Coldfield and is also near Wylde Green and Walmley. The main thoroughfare is Birmingham Road, which runs through Maney. Facilities Sutt ...

New Hall Manor New Hall Manor is a medieval manor house, now used as a hotel, in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. It is claimed to be one of the oldest inhabited moated houses in Britain,''Walmley and its surroundings'' (Chapter II: ''New Hall, New H ...

Falcon Lodge Falcon Lodge () is the area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, covered in predominantly council houses forming the Falcon Lodge Estate. It is located between Whitehouse Common and Reddicap Heath. To the west of the estate ...

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, Withy Hill, Little Sutton and Reddicap Heath.

Population

It covers an area of . According to the 2001 Population Census, there were 23,394 people living in 9,887 households in Sutton Trinity and 5.1% (1,183) of the ward's population consists of ethnic minorities compared with 29.6% for Birmingham in general.

Local politics

Sutton Trinity, like all of

is dominated by the

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and is represented by three Conservative councillors: David Allan, David Pears and Keith Ward. Sutton Trinity has adopted a Ward Support Officer.

Infrastructure

Schools and colleges

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School for boys and

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (formerly Sutton Coldfield High School and Sutton Coldfield Girls School) is an 11–18 girls secondary grammar school and sixth form with academy status in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, ...

are located within the ward.

Sutton Coldfield College Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * Sut ...

, located next to Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, is a college of

further education Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is education in addition to that received at secondary school, that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. I ...

. A separate building owned by Sutton College, located opposite Holy Trinity Church, is in use as the media centre. Sutton Coldfield Library is located in Sutton Town Centre in the ''Rose Centre''.

Medical

Good Hope Hospital Good Hope Hospital is a teaching hospital in the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham, England. Covering north Birmingham and south east Staffordshire, it is managed by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospit ...

on the Rectory Road is the main hospital for the whole town.

Transport

Sutton Coldfield railway station Sutton Coldfield railway station is the main railway station for the town of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line north east of Birmingham New Stre ...

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 ...

serves the town centre. There are a number of bus services operated by

National Express West Midlands National Express West Midlands (NXWM) is a bus operator in the West Midlands that operates services in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Solihull, as well as limited routes outside of the general area of Birmingham, su ...

that stop at the Parade in Sutton town centre.

From 1879 until 1924, Sutton Coldfield was served by the

Sutton Town railway station Sutton Coldfield Town railway station, also referred to as Sutton Town, was a railway station in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, on the Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 ...

, as well as the

LNWR The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lond ...

-owned Sutton Coldfield railway station. It was forced to shut as a result of low passenger figures. The buildings still remain but as office buildings.

Sport

The town is served by the ''Wyndley Leisure Centre'', which is the largest leisure centre in Birmingham. It is located on the edge of Sutton Park and is used by local football teams for training.Welcome to Wyndley Leisure Centre
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References

External links

Birmingham City Council: Sutton Trinity Ward
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton Trinity (Ward) Sutton Coldfield Wards of Birmingham, West Midlands