Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich (/brɒmɪtʃ/) is a large suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. It borders the rest of the borough to the south east, Sutton Coldfield to the east and north east, Shard End to the south west, Castle Vale, Erdington and Minworth to the north and Hodge Hill to the west.

Castle Bromwich
Aerial view of Castle Bromwich
Castle Bromwich
Location within the West Midlands
Population11,217 (2011.Ward)
OS grid referenceSP145897
• London115.7 mi (186.2 km)
Civil parish
  • Castle Bromwich
Metropolitan borough
  • Solihull
Shire county
  • Warwickshire
Metropolitan county
  • West Midlands
Region
  • West Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSOLIHULL
Postcode districtB36
Dialling code0121
PoliceWest Midlands
FireWest Midlands
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Meriden

It had a population of 11,857 according to the 2001 census, falling to 11,217 at the 2011 census. The population has remained quite stable since then; the 2017 population estimate was 12,309. It was a civil parish within the Meriden Rural District of Warwickshire until the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974, when it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.

In 1861, the population was 613. This rose to just over 1,000 in the 1920s, when half of the original parish was ceded to the City of Birmingham for the construction of overspill estates. This caused a drop to 678 (almost the 1861 level). Post Second World War estate building in Castle Bromwich increased the population to 4,356 in 1951, 9,205 in 1961 and 15,941 in 1971. The parish was then split into two, resulting in the lower 2001 figures.

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