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Highter's Heath (often Highters Heath) is a district and ward lying on the southern boundary of the city of
Highter's Heath (often Highters Heath) is a district and ward lying on the southern boundary of the city of 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 ...
, UK.
The district of Highter's Heath lies immediately east of the Maypole
A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place.
The festivals may occur on 1 May or Pentecost (Whitsun), although in some countries it is instead erected at ...
. The first recorded use of the name dates from 1495 as ''Heyters Heath'', however today the name is not one that is particularly in widespread use, indeed only three signposted references to the name exist, when entering the city along Maypole Lane, when entering the city from the bottom of Highters Heath Lane and in Major's Green
Major's Green is a village in the Wythall parish of Bromsgrove district and is the northeastern-most settlement in the county of Worcestershire, England.
The village is served by Whitlocks End railway station as well as bus service A4 to Solihul ...
.
South of Maypole Lane the area is often referred to as Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to:
* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
, after the adjacent village in Worcestershire, whilst to the north the boundary with Warstock
Warstock is a district within the city of Birmingham, UK, in the southernmost suburbs roughly 1 km east of the A435 and within the ward of Highter's Heath. The area lies within the B14 postcode and is contiguous with Yardley Wood to the nor ...
(and the wider B14 moniker of Kings Heath) is undefined. The area includes Daisy Farm Park.
Immanuel is the local parish church, behind which is located the local primary school. This is called Hollywood Primary School, so named because not only did the school open well after Highters Heath School, located at the far end of Highters Heath Lane in Warstock, but also because when the school was first proposed in the 1960s the city boundary still ran along Maypole Lane.
Maypole Lane is served by National Express West Midlands bus routes 2 & 49 whilst Alcester Road South is served by bus no. 150 and Glenavon Road and the upper part of Highters Heath Lane are served by bus no. 27. Bus route 50 additionally serves the Maypole.
Highter's Heath, as part of the reorganisation of local government in Birmingham, was made a single councillor electoral ward in May 2018 and includes Highter's Heath, Warstock, Maypole, and part of Yardley Wood
Yardley may refer to:
People Surname
* Bruce Yardley (1947–2019), Australian cricketer
* David Yardley (1929–2014), British legal scholar and public servant
* Doyle Yardley (1913–1946), American military officer
*Eric Yardley (born 1990), A ...
. Adam Higgs of the Conservative Party UK was elected as the councillor for Highter's Heath on 7 May 2018, a position he retained on 5 May 2022. As part of the Birmingham Selly Oak Constituency, Highter's Heath is represented in the British Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
by Steve McCabe of the Labour Party UK.
References
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