Streetly

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 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 opposed 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.

Britain's Got Talent finalist Connie Talbot lives in Streetly. She was in the 2007 final, but lost to winner Paul Potts from Port Talbot in Wales.

hopping

Streetly has several small collections of shops. These include::Blackwood Road Shops (Newsagent, 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)

Education

* The Streetly School (a Specialist Sports College) [http://www.streetly.walsall.sch.uk]
* Lindens Primary School
* Manor Primary School
* Blackwood Primary School
* St. Annes Catholic Primary School

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. Plants Brook rises near the gate in the Streetly area. 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.Behind these fields is the club house of 'Streetly Cricket and Hockey Club'.

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

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
*Streetly Evangelical Church
*Streetly Community Baptist Church (Now Banners Gate Community Church)
*Blackwood Methodist Church
*Streetly Methodist Church

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.

External links

* [http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/leisure_and_culture/local_history_centre/walsall_history/streetly_in_history.htm Streetly History]
* [http://www.staffshomeguard.co.uk The story of the 32nd (Aldridge) Battalion, South Staffordshire Home Guard, 1940-1944]