Streetly

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Streetly is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England. It is adjacent to Aldridge, Little Aston and Four Oaks. Administratively, Streetly was in Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District until 1974, when that district was subsumed into Walsall. Streetly is a relatively affluent area compared to the rest of the Walsall borough, in contrast to areas such as Blakenall Heath and Harden.

Geographically, however, it is separated from the rest of the Borough of Walsall by Barr Beacon, and therefore has stronger ties with Sutton Coldfield, reflected by Streetly falling within Sutton Coldfield Post Town. The telephone area code of Streetly is also associated with the Birmingham '0121' number as apposed to the '01922' number of Walsall, hence making the association with Sutton Coldfield even stronger.

Lying roughly 20 minutes drive from Birmingham city centre, 15 minutes from Walsall and 15 minutes from Sutton Coldfield town centre, Streetly is very close to several good shopping areas.

1 Shopping
2 Education
3 Leisure
4 Places of Worship
5 Politics
6 Crime
7 External links

[edit] Shopping

Streetly has several small collections of shops. These include:

Blackwood Road Shops (Newsagent, Post Office, Butcher, Tanning Studio, Hairdressers, Female clothing store, Fish and Chip shop, Solicitors)

Streetly Village Shops (Co-op, Video Rental, Pharmacy etc)

Hardwick Shops (Newsagent etc)

There are also small supermarkets (Tesco Express, Somerfield and Sainsbury's Local)

[edit] Education

The Streetly School (a Specialist Sports College)
Lindens Primary School
Manor Primary School
Blackwood Primary School
St. Annes Catholic Primary School

[edit] Leisure

There are a number of Pubs and Restaurants in Streetly. Neighbouring Sutton Coldfield has a cinema, and Blackwood Road is home to Blackwood Library.

The local area includes the famous Sutton Park of which Streetly has its own dedicated gate. It is also host to Sutton Coldfield Golf Course.

Adjacent to the Foley Road Community Centre are playing fields which play host to a number of local junior football teams.

In the Blackwood area of Streetly there is Blackwood Park, which has an enclosed 5-a-side football pitch, childrens playground, bowls club and green, hard tennis courts and a small fenced off natural reservation area.

[edit] Places of Worship

There are a number of churches in Streetly including:

All Saints Parish Church (in the diocese of Lichfield.)
St Annes Roman Catholic Church [1]
Streetly Evangelical Church
Streetly Community Baptist Church [2]
Blackwood Methodist Church
Streetly Methodist Church

[edit] Politics

As part of the constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills, Streetly's MP is currently Richard Shepherd. Streetly has three councillors at Walsall Council, all three are Conservatives - Eddie Hughes, Brian Douglas-Maul and Gary Clarke.

[edit] Crime

On Wednesday 8th March 2006, Streetly was shocked by a shooting outside a local pub. The Hardwick Arms, is a favourite spot for locals to meet and socialise. A 35 year old man was shot three times in the stomach, but went on to recover fully. Rumours that it was a gang drive-by were dismissed, and as yet, no one has been charged for the crime.News Article