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Washwood Heath, Sutton Coldfield — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Washwood Heath is a Birmingham ward within Hodge Hill, holding the ground between Nechells, Bordesley Green and Stechford.
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Where to stay in Washwood Heath
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Washwood Heath is a residential ward rather than a hotel district, and the ground it covers between Nechells, Bordesley Green, Stechford and Hodge Hill carries houses, parks and parish churches instead of rooms. Visitors book in Birmingham. The two miles back to Birmingham city centre are the practical distance for anyone staying out here, and Ward End Park House and St Margaret's Church, Ward End are the reasons to come the other way.
Stechford and Bordesley Green sit next door.
About Washwood Heath
What are the main landmarks in Washwood Heath?
Churches make the list. St Margaret's Church, Ward End and St Mark's Church stand among them, with the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and St Therese of Lisieux carrying the longest name of anything in the ward. St Chad is listed too.
Ward End Park House is the one entry that is not a place of worship, and it anchors the green space on the Ward End side of Washwood Heath.
What is the history of Washwood Heath?
Washwood Heath is an administrative shape before it is anything else, a Birmingham ward drawn inside the formal district of Hodge Hill rather than a settlement with its own founding story. The ward has no founding date. What it does keep is parish work: St Margaret's Church, Ward End, St Mark's Church and St Chad, each standing on the ground between Nechells and Stechford.
Bordesley Green and Hodge Hill close the ward off on its other sides.
Where is Washwood Heath?
Washwood Heath lies roughly two miles north-east of Birmingham city centre, filling the ground between Nechells, Bordesley Green, Stechford and Hodge Hill.
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Updated August 2026