Solihull elections 2024: The schools being used as polling stations

Sam Greenway

22 April 2024 at 7:43 am·2-min read

Sign for polling station in Solihull -Credit:LDRS

A number of schools will close when Solihull residents head to the polls next month. Voting for a third of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council’s seats will take place on Thursday, May 2. Votes will be able to take part in the democratic process on the day between 7am and 10pm.

Results for the Solihull wards are set to be announced on the afternoon of May 3. This is the list of schools and nurseries being used as polling stations on election day:

Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School, Eastcote Close, Solihull
Burman Infant School, Velsheda Road, Solihull
Coleshill Heath School, Lime Grove, Chelmsley Wood
Coppice Junior School, Coppice Road, Solihull

Fordbridge Community Primary School, Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood
Greswold Primary School, Buryfield Road, Solihull
Haslucks Green Junior School, Haslucks Green Road, Vehicle Access Via Stoneford Road
Kineton Green Primary School, Kineton Green Road, Solihull
Mill Lodge Primary School, Aqueduct Road, Solihull
Oak Cottage Primary School, Greswolde Road, Solihull
Olton Primary School, (former Chapel Fields Junior School site), Lyndon Road
Peterbrook Primary School, High Street, Solihull Lodge
Sharmans Cross Junior School, Sharmans Cross Road, Solihull
Shirley Heath Junior School, Coombe Road, Solihull
St Andrew`s Catholic Primary School, Windrush Close, Solihull
St Augustine`s Catholic Primary School, Whitefields Road, Solihull
St Margaret`s CE Primary School, Richmond Road, Solihull
St Mary & St Margaret's CE Primary School, Southfield Avenue, Castle Bromwich
Streetsbrook Infant & Nursery School, Ralph Road, Solihull
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley, (formerly Langley Primary School), St. Bernards Road
Ulverley School, Rodney Road, Solihull
Valley Primary School, Old Lode Lane, Solihull
Widney Junior School, Clifton Crescent, Solihull
Windy Arbor Junior and Infant School, Woodlands Way, Chelmsley Wood
Woodlands Campus, Solihull College, Auckland Drive, Smith`s Wood
Woodlands Infant School, Woodlands Lane, Solihull

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