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The Coronation of King Charles III & Queen Camilla in the West Midlands

King Charles III & Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday 6th May 2023. In the West Midlands, Union Jack flags, and bunting etc have gone up everywhere.

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Hampton-in-Arden Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Hampton-in-Arden Station is on the West Coast Mainline between Birmingham International and Coventry. It originally opened in 1884. Two trains per hour in each direction.

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Berkswell Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Berkswell Station is on the West Coast Mainline between Birmingham International and Coventry. A station originally opened here in 1844. It serves the villages of Balsall Common and Berkswell.

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Marston Green Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Marston Green Station is in Solihull, close to the Sheldon Country Park and Birmingham Airport. On the West Coast Mainline. It originally opened back in 1838.

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Earlswood Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Earlswood Station is on the Solihull, West Midlands / Stratford-on-Avon,Warwickshire border. It opened in 1908. Today the station is close to Earlswood Garden & Landscape Centre.

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Dorridge Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Dorridge Station originally opened back in 1852 by the GWR. Today it's one of the stops on the Chiltern Mainline, and the terminus of local service run by West Midlands Railway.

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Solihull Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Solihull Station is on the Chiltern Mainline between Birmingham Snow Hill and London Marylebone. Opened originally in 1852 by the GWR, had two island platforms now reduced to one.

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Widney Manor Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Widney Manor Station is on the Chiltern Mainline between Solihull and Dorridge, the last station before crossing the M42 motorway. It opened back in 1899.

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Olton Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Olton Station is on the Chiltern Mainline between Birmingham and Solihull. It opened in 1869. There is now two platforms for stopping services. Saxon horse sculpture outside the station.

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Whitlocks End Station - A Solihull and West Midlands Gem!

Whitlocks End Station has been the southern terminus for the Shakespeare Line for trains that don't go beyond to Stratford-upon-Avon since 2011.

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Shirley Station - A Solihull & West Midlands Gem!

Shirley Station opened on what is now the Shakespeare Line in 1908. It used to be the terminus for trains not going further to Stratford-upon-Avon until 2010. 

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Olton Clock Tower - A Solihull Gem!

The Olton Clock Tower is located on the Warwick Road in Olton, Solihull, at the junction of Old Warwick Road. There is no known details on this clock, and the time is always wrong.

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Birmingham International Station - between the Airport and NEC

Birmingham International Station is on the West Coast Mainline between Birmingham New Street and Coventry and onto London Euston. It opened in 1976 and is used for Birmingham Airport / NEC.

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The Bear Grylls Adventure at the Birmingham NEC

The Bear Grylls Adventure opened at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull (near Birmingham) in 2018. Different challenges for people of all ages. From Merlin Entertainments.

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Resorts World Arena at the Birmingham NEC

Resorts World Arena is at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull (near Birmingham). It has had various names and sponsors since it opened in 1980. Genting Arena mostly recently.

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Pendigo Lake at the Birmingham NEC

The Pendigo Lake is located at the National Exhibition Centre (Birmingham NEC). It is near Resorts World Birmingham, Resorts World Arena, and faces the exteriors of Halls 1 and 5. 

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National Exhibition Centre at the Birmingham NEC

The National Exhibition Centre (also called The NEC) is located in Marston Green, Solihull. It opened in 1976. Over the years it has been expanded and now has 20 interconnected halls.

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The Manor House - A Solihull Gem!

The Manor House on the Solihull High Street was built in 1495 by the Greswold family. It was saved by public subscription in 1945. The house is a Grade II* listed building.

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116 - 120 High Street, Solihull - A Solihull Gem!

116 - 120 High Street in Solihull is a timber-framed Tudor, Grade II listed building dating from 1571 with changes in 1845 and 1924. Now part of the Touchwood shopping centre.

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Golden Jubilee Gardens, Solihull - A wonderful open space!

Golden Jubilee Gardens is situated at Homer Road in Solihull at the back of the Touchwood shopping centre. It was named after the Queens Golden Jubilee of 2002.

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Brueton Gardens, Solihull - A wonderful open space!

Brueton Gardens is situated in Solihull on the Warwick Road. They were presented to Solihull by Councillor Horace J. Brueton in July 1938. The clock here dates to 1964.

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Saxon King on Horse - the Olton Interchange sculpture

Located outside of Olton Station on Station Drive is sculptor John McKenna's Saxon King on Horse. It is on top of the Olton Interchange. Made in the early 2000s.

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Manor Square - A Solihull Gem!

Between Touchwood and the Solihull Council House is Manor Square. Probably named after The Solihull Manor House. Manor Walk leads to the High Street from Manor Square.

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Theatre Square, Touchwood - A Solihull Gem!

Theatre Square (formerly Library Square) is outside of the Touchwood Shopping Centre and The Core Theatre & Library in Solihull (formerly Solihull Arts Complex and Central Library).

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Take Off sculpture near Birmingham Airport

If arriving at Birmingham Airport by car, bus or coach, you will probably pass a sculpture called Take Off by the artist Walenty Pytel. It is in the middle of Bird Island, Airport Way.

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