Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a settlement in northeast Birmingham with residential areas, shopping centers, and wide green spaces. Roads run through wooded sections where parks and open countryside sit between built-up zones.

The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a large territory that already held considerable size. Over the centuries it grew from a medieval community into a suburb of industrial Birmingham.

The place takes its name from Old English words meaning southern settlement, with Coldfield referring to land once cleared for charcoal burning. Visitors today walk through neighborhoods where this woodland past still shapes the layout of streets and parks.

Trains link the settlement to central Birmingham and Lichfield, while buses serve the residential neighborhoods. Drivers reach main roads through junctions on nearby motorways.

The settlement counts more than 500,000 trees within its boundaries, giving over five trees per resident. This high tree density shapes the look of streets and neighborhoods throughout the area.