What is Chelmsley Wood?
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = File:Chelmsley Wood - geograph.org.uk - 237491.jpg | static_image_caption = The [[Royal Mail]] Building in the Town Centre | official_name = Chelmsley Wood | coordinates = {{coord|52.47612|-1.72906|display=inline,title}} | country = England | region = West Midlands | population = 12,453 | population_ref = ''(2011)'' | os_grid_reference = SP1886 | post_town = Birmingham | postcode_area = B | postcode_district = B37 | dial_code = 0121 | constituency_westminster = [[Meriden (UK Parliament constituency)|Meriden]] | civil_parish = Chelmsley Wood | metropolitan_borough = [[Metropolitan Borough of Solihull|Solihull]] | metropolitan_county = [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] }} '''Chelmsley Wood''' is a neighbourhood, [[civil parish]] and big [[housing estate]] of [[Birmingham]] in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Solihull]], [[England]]. 12,453 people lived in it in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 Ward Profile : Chelmsley Wood|url=http://www.solihull.gov.uk/Portals/0/KeyStats/WardProfiles/ChelmsleyWood.pdf|publisher=Solihull Observatory|access-date=3 September 2015|page=4|date=Spring 2013|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103613/http://www.solihull.gov.uk/Portals/0/KeyStats/WardProfiles/ChelmsleyWood.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is near [[Birmingham Airport]] and the [[National Exhibition Centre]]. It is about {{convert|8|mi}} east of [[Birmingham City Centre]] and {{convert|5|mi}} north of [[Solihull]] town centre. == History == [[File:OS map 1887 Chelmsley Wood.png|thumb|right|450px|OS map of Chelmsley Wood in 1887, before the area was built on]] Chelmsley Wood is a new area, which was built by [[Birmingham City Council]] in the late [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]] on very old [[woodland]], once part of the [[Forest of Arden]]. ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.marstongreenlions.org.uk Marston Green & District Lion