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A series of railway bridges cross the road at this point.
©P L Chadwick
Parkwood Leisure manage this centre on behalf of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. It has all the facilities you would expect, including a 25m swimming pool. Behind it is Tudor Grange Park, an informal recreation area for public use.
©P L Chadwick
Train for Dorridge awaits departure. In the 70s many stations still had Victorian toilets on platforms, without 21st century hygiene - Solihull, was no exception - Gents is this end of the platform buildings.
©Michael Westley
Looking down the line towards Birmingham. On the left are the overgrown remains of Platforms 3-4 with the trackbed of their running lines, from the days when separate pairs of fast and slow lines ran through the station. http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/solihull.php Compare also with Michael Westley's 1974 photograph http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1636803
©James Yardley
View from the remaining platforms (1-2) looking up the line towards Leamington, Oxford and London. To the left can be glimpsed the spire of St Alphege's church and, much nearer, the roof of the Methodist Church. Overgrown remains of Platforms 3-4 to the right. http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/solihull.php
©James Yardley
Dist:0.1km<br/>The front entrance to the station, in Station Approach. http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/solihull.php
©James Yardley
Dist:0.1km<br/>Installation of new lighting on platforms in progress. Bus shelters on left are on approach to station next to entrance.
©Michael Westley
Dist:0.1km<br/>A London-Birmingham train enters Solihull running 15 minutes late.
©Whatlep
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©Graham Butcher
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©Robin Stott
Dist:0.2km<br/>The back of the church seen from the platforms of Solihull Station. The present building in Blossomfield Road dates from 1937, replacing the Old School Chapel of 1905 at the corner of Streetsbrook Road. Previously Methodist worship had taken place from 1883 in the Public Hall (Poplar Road) and at Blossomfield Farm. The first Methodists in Solihull were persecuted by the established church, an 18th-century churchwardens' account recording the outlay of 6d (2.5p) "spent searching the town for a supposed Methodist".
©James Yardley
Dist:0.2km<br/>Another view of the lychgate at this Methodist church. Other photos:- [[2116731]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>It is rather unusual to see what appears to be a lychgate at a Methodist church, but this one dates from 1937. Other photos:- [[2116731]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>Photographed from Station Approach. This large church opened in 1937. Membership reached a peak of 501 in 1976. Other photos:- [[2116731]].
©P L Chadwick

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