Hollywood, Worcestershire

Hollywood
Douglas Road
Hollywood is located in Worcestershire
Hollywood
Hollywood
Location within Worcestershire
Population6,940 [1]
Including Wythall Silver Street, excluding Highters Heath part
OS grid referenceSP081772
Civil parish
  • Wythall
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBIRMINGHAM
Postcode districtB47
Dialling code0121 & 01564
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°23′28″N 1°52′41″W / 52.391°N 1.878°W / 52.391; -1.878

Hollywood is a large village predominantly located in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England, almost contiguous with and to the south of the city of Birmingham. Hollywood was formerly part of Kings Norton, but when Birmingham expanded in 1911, Hollywood remained in Worcestershire. The village now lies across the wards of Hollywood,[2] most of Drakes Cross,[3] the Trueman's Heath polling district area of Trueman's Heath parish ward[4] and, following a 1966 border change, the southern portion of the Birmingham Highter's Heath ward,[5] with all but the latter being located within the civil parish of Wythall.[6] The southern part of the village is also known as Drakes Cross, whilst the eastern part is sometimes referred to as Trueman's Heath. Hollywood is situated in the extreme northeastern corner of Worcestershire, 8.5 miles / 13 km south of Birmingham city centre, 6 miles / 9.5 km west-southwest of Solihull and 8 miles / 12.5 km northeast of Redditch.

  1. ^ "citypopulation.de: Hollywood". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Hollywood Ward map" (PDF). Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Drakes Cross Ward map" (PDF). Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Wythall East (Grimes Hill & Trueman's Heath) Ward map" (PDF). Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Highter's Heath ward map" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Worcestershire County Council Historic Parish Maps: Wythall". Archived from the original (JPG) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.