Thimble End is a neighbourhood on the outskirts 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 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 has been developed several times with the construction and expansion of housing estates on the land with the most recent being completed in 2005. Situated between

Walmley Walmley is a suburban village situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It lies within the City of Birmingham on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Minworth electoral ward. It is i ...

Minworth Minworth is a suburban village situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It lies within the City of Birmingham on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Minworth electoral ward and b ...

and Signal Hayes, the area is small in comparison to Walmley and Minworth and is covered by the

Sutton New Hall Sutton New Hall is one of the 40 electoral wards in Birmingham, England and is named after New Hall, a medieval manor house. Sutton New Hall is one of the four wards that make up the Parliamentary Constituency and formal district of Sutton Col ...

ward. The area was once farmland used by farmers residing in Walmley and Minworth however the need for extra living space after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

prompted the construction of a small housing estate on the site. This was further expanded in the 1970s and the final part of the farmland was constructed on by 2005. The newest housing estate was named Thimble End Court. Birmingham City Council also developed land adjacent to the newest estate by constructing a £98,000 children's play area. The road that forms the eastern boundary of the estate is called Thimble End Road.

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1889 Ordnance Survey map of Thimble End
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