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Springfield Area
Springfield is in the Springfield council ward in south-east Birmingham, four miles from the city centre. It is named after a spring near the Springfield Road in the Cole Valley. The surrounding areas are Billesley, Sparkhill, Hall Green, Wake Green and Kings Heath.
Springfield was first developed in the early 1900's. The area contains a large number of detached homes set in comparatively large gardens, some of which are villas designed in the Edwardian Arts and Crafts style. There are also inter-war semi-detached pairs, post-war flats and terraces.
Bus Routes through Springfield
The following bus routes run through Springfield: 1, 2, 3, 5, 11A/C, 669
Accident Blackspots in Springfield
Yardley Wood Road
A 37-year-old woman sustained severe back and neck injuries on 25th June 2010 whilst travelling on a number 38 bus which braked suddenly on Yardley Wood Road before she was seated.
Demographics, Politics and Housing in the Springfield Area
This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Springfield council ward which includes the area of Springfield.
Swanshurst Park
Swanshurst Park, which was carved out of common grazing land in the 1950's, contains two pools, meadows, copses and a playground. The northern side has reverted to natural heathland.
Joys Wood
Joys Wood is a 9 acre patch of ancient woodland in the Cole Valley that forms part of the Shire Country Park which straddles the River Cole for roughly 4 miles from Yardley Wood to Small Heath.
The woodland is named after Joy Fifer who campaigned for its preservation.
It adjoins the Moseley Bog and has been designated as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation.Moseley Bog
Moseley Bog is a drained mill pool that was once a secondary source of power for Sarehole Mill.
It was fed by the Coldbath Brook which still runs through the 3 acre site as an open stream but is culverted at either end.
The pool is flanked by prehistoric burnt mounds and a 9 acre remnant of ancient forest known as Joys Wood.
Both the bog and woodland are a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation.
They form part of the Shire Country Park which straddles the Cole Valley for 3.75 miles between Yardley Wood and Small Heath.
St Christopher's C of E
St Christopher's (1907) is an Anglican church in the Decorated Style on Woodlands Road.
Woodlands Road B13 9NY - 0121 702 2934 -
MapHealth Services in Springfield
College Road Surgery
158 College Road B13 9LH - 0121 777 4040 -
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Springfield Surgery
183 Woodlands Road B11 4ER - 0345 245 0753 -
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Springfield Medical Practice
739-741 Stratford Road B11 4DG - 0845 073 0398 -
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Primary Schools in Springfield
St Bernard's RC School
St Bernard's RC School on Wake Green Road is a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided co-educational primary school attended by around 380 children aged between five and eleven.
Wake Green Road B13 9QE 0121 464 3795 Map
Faith Primary Schools in Brum St Bernard's School Website
Springfield Primary School
Springfield School is a community co-educational primary school attended by approximately 680 children aged between four and eleven.
Springfield Road B13 9NY 0121 464 3618 Map
Secular State Primary Schools Springfield Primary Website
Secondary Schools in Springfield
Moseley School
Moseley School on College Road is a community comprehensive that specialises in languages and is attended by around 1350 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18.
33% of pupils passed at least five GCSE's including Maths and English at A*/C in 2009.
College Road B13 9LR 0121 678 6400 Map
Secondary Schools Moseley School Website
Attock Cricket Club
Attock Cricket Club on Wake Green Road fields 4 Saturday teams and under 15, under 13 and under 11 teams. The first XI competes in the 1st division of the Birmingham & District Premier Cricket League on Saturday; it also plays in the Sunday Warwickshire League.
Attock was established by Pakistani immigrants in the early seventies; it is named after a district of Punjab in Pakistan.
Links: Sports Clubs Attock Cricket Club
Key National Retailers in Springfield
Co-Op Food
218 Swanshurst Lane B13 0AW - 0121 777 4466 -
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Secular Listed Buildings in Springfield
Moseley Grammar School
Moseley Grammar School on College Road was designed by Joseph James in the Decorated Style; it was built in red-brick with stone dressings in 1850. The main facade features an axial tower with corner turrets; the interior contains a cloister, library and hall.
The building was originally a college that trained Congregationalist Ministers; it was funded by the Mansfield family whose coat-of-arms appear on Moseley School badge.
When the college closed in 1886, the building was successively an orphanage, military barracks and teacher-training college. It became a secondary school in 1923 and a boys grammar school in 1939; it is now a sixth form centre.
Links: Secular Listed Buildings
An unexploded artillery shell left over from the First World War was discovered in the garage of a five bedroom house on Wake Green Road in June 2010.
A section of Wake Green Road between College Road and Springfield Road was closed for three hours on Tuesday 1st June whilst the shell was defused.
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