Fordbridge

Fordbridge is a town^[1] and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 8,749.^[2] It lies within the historic county of Warwickshire. The town is encompassed within the electoral ward Kingshurst & Fordbridge.

Fordbridge
Town
Fordbridge Location within the West Midlands
Population	8,479 (2011)
Civil parish	Fordbridge
Metropolitan borough	Solihull
Shire county	Warwickshire
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district	B37
Dialling code	0121
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Meriden and Solihull East
List of places UK England West Midlands 52.484°N 1.749°W / 52.484; -1.749

Meriden Park Lake, Fordbridge

The village of Kingshurst borders the town at the western point of Cooks Lane. A significant part of the town borders the City of Birmingham district to the west. The River Cole, West Midlands shapes the border between Fordbridge and neighbouring Chelmsley Wood to the south and east.

Etymology

Fordbridge gets its name from the crossing over the River Cole on Cooks Lane, which was referred to as "Ford Bridge" on 19th century OS maps.^[3] This name suggests this site was previously a ford, but eventually a bridge was built on the site of that ford, thus giving the bridge and ultimately the civil parish its name.

Transport

The closest railway station to the town is Marston Green.