Minworth

Minworth
Village
Minworth is located in West Midlands county
Minworth
Minworth
Location within the West Midlands
DemonymMinworthian
OS grid referenceSP 15850 92138
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSUTTON COLDFIELD
Postcode districtB76
Dialling code0121
PoliceWest Midlands
FireWest Midlands
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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52°31′37″N 1°46′04″W / 52.526887°N 1.7678049°W / 52.526887; -1.7678049

Minworth is a village situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, within Minworth there are three hamlets Wiggins Hill, Peddimore and The Greaves. Minworth lies within the City of Birmingham on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Minworth electoral ward and borders the North Warwickshire district, some 4.5 miles southeast of Sutton Coldfield town centre.

Minworth is the centre of England and Wales.[1] The exact centre point is at the grid reference; SP 15322 93007.

The village is immediately adjacent to the Sutton suburb of Walmley, the hamlet of Wiggins Hill and the Warwickshire village of Curdworth. The River Tame runs through the south of the area. Minworth has close transport links to the M6, M6 Toll and M42 motorways, while the closest rail station is nearby Water Orton railway station in Water Orton, Warwickshire.

  1. ^ "Where is the centre of Great Britain? | Blog | OS". Ordnance Survey. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2023.