About Sutton Coldfield
The town of Sutton Coldfield is located about 8 miles from central Birmingham, in the north east of the city and has a population of about 105,452.
In 1528, a charter of King Henry VIII gave the town the right to be known for ever as "The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield" and to be governed by a warden and society. The charter was secured by Bishop John Vesey. This unreformed corporation survived until 1885, when it was replaced by a municipal borough.
The town is well known for its two thousand four hundred acres of natural parkland with seven lakes, originally the property of Bishop Vesey as a gift from Henry VIII. Old Moor Hall, the fifteenth century home of the Bishop still stands. He founded the Grammar School which is named after him.
Sutton Coldfield makes up a number of districts including Wylde Green and Boldmere to the south of the town centre, Mere Green and Four Oaks to the north and Walmley to the south east.
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