Sutton, is a market town in the outermost suburbs of North Birmingham in the West Midlands region of England. The town is an affluent, well-to-do, middle-class suburb of Birmingham, taken into that city's boundaries in the local government reforms of 1974. It lies about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Birmingham City Centre and borders Little Aston, North Warwickshire, Lichfield, and South Staffordshire. Its 2011 Census population was 95,107 – a fall of 4.8% since the 2001 Census.
Population: 107,030
Latitude: 52° 34' 0.01" N
Longitude: -1° 49' 0.01" W
Birmingham (/ˈbɜrmɪŋəm/, locally /ˈbɜrmɪŋɡəm/) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is the largest and most populous British city outside London with 1,092,330 residents (2013 est.), and its population increase of 88,…
The Kingdom of Mercia (Old English: Miercna rīce), usually referred to as Mercia /ˈmɜrsiə, ˈmɜrʃə/, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.
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Mothers are women who inhabit or perform the role of bearing some relation to their children, who may or may not be their biological offspring. Thus, dependent on the context, women can be considered mothers by virtue of having given birth, by raisi…
Wolverhampton (/ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. In the 2011 census, the local government district had population of 249,470. Wolverhampton's urban population at the time of the 2001 census was give…
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2013 estimated population of 2,783,475. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Sta…
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is the oldest red brick university in the United Kingdom. Located in the leafy suburb of Edgbaston just outside Birmingham City Centre, it received its royal charter in 1900 as a succes…
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The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is an exhibition centre in Birmingham, England. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It has 20 interconnected halls, set i…
Tamworth (/ˈtæmwərθ/) is a large market town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Birmingham city centre and 103 miles (166 km) northwest of London. Bordering northwest Warwickshire, Tamworth…