Wythall

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Wythall Institute

Wythall is a town in the district of Bromsgrove, at the north-east corner of Worcestershire, England. It borders Solihull and Birmingham. Wythall's population is over 14,000.

Wythall is around 6 miles South from Birmingham City Centre (a 20 minute train journey from Wythall railway station). It is very close to Hollywood, and the two are joined by the Alcester Road, which carries on North into Birmingham City centre. There are many 18th Century buildings on this road including the old Post Office and School building. The Wythall institute is still the home of the WI today. The boundary between Hollywood and Wythall is debated. Wythall is more rural in setting, has less amenities, although the local train station is situated there.

St Mary's Anglican Church has a roof and stair turret added by W. H. Bidlake.^[1]

The only school within Wythall is Meadow Green Primary School, now headed by Sue Watkins, who is soon to retire. There was previously a Junior School situated on Silver Street, however between 1991-1992, an extension was built on Shawhurst Infant School (situated in Hollywood), and the School was reopened as The Coppice Primary School. The local secondary school, The Woodrush Community High and Sixth Form, has an Astroturf and playing fields backing on to The Coppice Primary School. It has been open since the 1950s. The Woodrush community high school has had a new head teacher in the past two years.

During World War II it was home to an Royal Air Force base. The site is now occupied by The Transport Museum at Wythall, run by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Trust, which has a collection of buses and battery electric vehicles.