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Overview Fox Hollies

 Fox Hollies is an area of south-east Birmingham in the Acocks Green ward, roughly four miles from the city centre. The surrounding areas are Olton, Shirley, Tyseley, Hall Green and Acocks Green Village.

 Fox Hollies was farmed by the Holley family until 1649 and thereafter by the Fox family until 1869. The farm then became a country estate centred on Fox Hollies Hall, an Italianate mansion built in 1870.

The hall was demolished in 1930 whereupon the council developed the surrounding land as the Gospel, Edenbridge and Pool Farm municipal housing estates.


Demographics, Politics and Housing in Fox Hollies

 This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Acocks Green ward, including Fox Hollies.


Crime in Fox Hollies


Police Crackdown on Gospel Lane Criminals

In May 2011, the police announced that they had made 180 arrests on the Gospel Lane Estate during Operation Intrusive: a 3-month crackdown on known criminals in south-east Birmingham.

Offences ranged from theft, drugs and robbery to handling stolen goods and bail breaches (News Headlines 12/05/11)


Police Target Offenders on the Gospel Estate

The police targeted offenders on the Gospel Estate in January 2011; they seized 17 vehicles and arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of burglary (News Archive 24/01/11)


Man Stabbed on Gospel Lane

A 45 year-old man died after he was stabbed on Gospel Lane in the early hours of Wednesday 10/02/10 (News Archive 10/02/10).

Crime in Birmingham


Robbery Witness Dies of Heart Attack

A 66-year-old woman, who saw a masked gang break into her neighbour's house on Liddon Road on 28/01/10, died of a heart attack shortly afterwards (News Archive 03/02/10).

Crime in Birmingham


Fire & Firefighting in Fox Hollies


Fatal Fire at Fox Green Crescent

Firefighters attended a blaze at an address on Fox Green Crescent at roughly 2pm on Wednesday 07/04/10 (News Archive 08/04/10)

Crime in Birmingham


Health Services in Fox Hollies


Swanswell Medical Centre

370 Gospel Lane B27 7AL - 0121 706 5676 - Map

Health Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum


Shirley Road Health Centre

189 Shirley Road B27 7NP - 0121 706 5131 - Map

Health Centres & GP Surgeries in Brum


Hilldale

Hilldale is a psychiatric unit on Edenbridge Road.

137 Edenbridge Road B28 8PN - 0121 678 3755 - Map

Psychiatric Healthcare in Brum

 


Spring Road Centre

The Spring Road Centre is a psychiatric unit.

258 Spring Road B11 3DW - 0121 678 4050 - Map

Psychiatric Healthcare in Brum

 


Bus Routes through Fox Hollies


The following bus routes run through Fox Hollies: 11A/C, 31, 40

Bus Routes through Birmingham


Tower Blocks in Fox Hollies


The Hollies

The Hollies are a group of three 12 storey 36 metre tower blocks that were built in the early sixties at Pemberley Road on the former site of Fox Hollies Hall.

They are:

Coppice House (map), Hollypiece House (map) and Home Meadow House (map)

High Rise Brum


Open Spaces in Fox Hollies


Fox Hollies Park

Fox Hollies Park is a 40 acre open space that was once the grounds of a mid-Victorian Italianate mansion known as Fox Hollies Hall. The mansion was demolished in 1937 when the surrounding area was redeveloped for council housing.

The Westley Brook meanders through the park which features wetlands, meadows, landscaped pathways, tree clusters, playgrounds and a fish pond.

Open Spaces in Birmingham   Map


Travellers Camp on Curtis Gardens

In April 2011, a convoy of seven caravans camped on Curtis Gardens off Pemberley Road; the council served an eviction notice; local residents complained of noise and litter (News Headlines 30/04/11)


Churches in Fox Hollies


St Michaels C of E

St Michael's (1966) is an Anglican church on Redstone Farm Road, Gosepl Lane estate.

17 Redstone Farm Road B28 9NU - 0121 777 8443 - Map

Churches in Birmingham


St Ambrose Barlow RC

St Ambrose Barlow is a Roman Catholic church on Lakey Lane.

Lakey Lane B28 8QU - 0121 777 4524 - Map

St Ambrose Barlow Website

 


Schools in Fox Hollies


Ninestiles Technology College

Ninestiles Technology College on Hartfield Crescent is a foundation comprehensive attended by around 1400 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18.

 51% of pupils passed at least five GCSE's including Maths and English at A*/C in 2009.

Hartfield Crescent B27 7QG   0121 628 1311   Map

 Secondary Schools   Ninestiles School Website


Oaklands School

Oaklands School on Dolphin Lane is a community co-educational primary school attended by approximately 340 children aged between three and eleven.

Dolphin Lane B27 7BT   0121 706 2168   Map

Secular State Primary Schools   Oaklands Primary Website


Severne Junior and Infant School

Severne School is a community co-educational primary school.

Severne Road B27 7HR   0121 706 2743   Map

Secular State Primary Schools   Severne School Website


Sports and Leisure Centres in Fox Hollies


Fox Hollies Leisure Centre

Fox Hollies Leisure Centre on Shirley Road contains a bar, cafe, fitness room, free weights gym, pulse point gym, sports hall, an all-weather pitch, athletics track, swimming pool, toddlers pool, squash courts, badminton courts, and baby changing room.

The centre offers activities such as aerobics, starter fitness, circuit training, trampoline, fencing, badminton, athletics, squash, indoor bowls, studio cycling, strikes soccer, five-a-side football, women-only gym sessions, swimming instruction, parent & toddler swimming, aquatone, aqua aerobics, rookie life saving and 50+ recreation.

Links: Sports and Leisure Centres


Theatres in Fox Hollies


Hall Green Little Theatre

The Hall Green Little Theatre on Pemberley Road contains two stages: the Main House with a capacity of 200 and the Signature, a black box that can accommodate around 90. The resident company is an amateur group that presents "exciting and engaging" theatre to a professional standard.

Links: Theatres


Key National Retailers in Fox Hollies


Lidl

Lidl is on on Fox Hollies Rd B27 7RR.

Lidl Website


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