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Yardley Wood

Overview Yardley Wood

 Yardley Wood is in the Billesley ward in south-east Birmingham, five miles from the city centre. The surrounding areas are Billesley, Shirley, Warstock and Hall Green.

Yardley Wood was named after the woodlands that formerly covered the southern part of Yardley Manor but which, with the exception of a few pockets, had been entirely cleared by 1900.

 Yardley Wood remained rural until the Billesley council estates were built after the First World War. More council housing was constructed on the site of Colebrook Priory between 1950 and 1970. A private estate was built at Bach Mill during the same period.

These homes mostly consisted of semi-detached pairs and low-density terraces. The surrounding green spaces were preserved, particularly in the Cole Valley which is now a linear country park.

Demographics, Politics and Housing in Yardley Wood

 This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Billesley ward, including Yardley Wood.

Crime in Yardley Wood

Vandals Target Christ Church Graveyard

Vandals toppled and smashed gravestones at Christ Church churchyard in August 2011 (News Headlines 22/08/11)

Canals in Yardley Wood

The Birmingham and Stratford Canal runs through Yardley Wood. Heading towards Kings Norton Junction, the canal runs northwards through a green corridor, passing beneath School Road, and then curving westwards and under this bridge at Yardley Wood Road.

Links: Kings Norton Junction   Birmingham and Stratford Canal

Open Spaces in Yardley Wood

Trittiford Mill Park contains formal gardens, wetlands and a pool that once powered a corn mill.

The pool, which measures 500 metres by 30 metres, was created through the excavation of a hollow that was filled by leats cut from Chinn Brook and the River Cole.

The pool attracts swans, coots, great-crested grebes and bats; it is bridged by Scribers Lane next to a broad-leaved woodland, wetland scrape and old millrace.

Water voles, water rail and otters have often been seen in the area.

The park forms part of a six kilometre linear green space known as the Shire Country Park which straddles the Cole Valley from Yardley Wood to Small Heath.

Open Spaces in Birmingham    Map

The Scribers Lane Site of Importance for Nature Conservation is a disused millrace, woodland and wetland scrape bridged by Scribers Lane near the Trttiford Mill Pool.

It forms part of the linear Shire Country Park that straddles the Cole Valley between Small Heath and Yardley Wood.

Open Spaces in Birmingham    Map

Bus Routes through Yardley Wood

The following bus routes serve Yardley Wood: 3, 18, 27, 669

Bus Routes through Birmingham

Railways In Yardley Wood

Birmingham-Stratford Line

The Birmingham-Stratford Railway runs through the Cole Valley in Yardley Wood on a north-south axis. It bridges Slade Lane and Scribers Lane, passes the Scribers Lane Allotments and Trittiford Mill Pond, and then arrives at Yardley Wood Station beneath the Highfield Road Bridge.

Links: Birmingham-Stratford Line

Yardley Wood Railway Station