Falcon Lodge is the area of Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham but has borders with Erdington and Kingstanding. Sutton is in the northeast of Birmingham, with a population of 105,000 recorded in the 2001 census...

, Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, West Midlands

West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

 covered in predominantly council house

Council house

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s forming the Falcon Lodge Estate. It is located between Whitehouse Common

Whitehouse Common

Whitehouse Common is an area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It lies north of Falcon Lodge which is separated from it by a main road.The area is served by ....

 and Reddicap Heath. To the west of the estate lies Rectory Park. It forms part of the edge of the Sutton Coldfield conurbation and the English countryside.

The estate takes its name from the house built on newly enclosed common land in 1820. In 1852 the estate comprised some 54 acres (21.9 ha) of meadow, pasture and arable land. In 1937 the Sutton Coldfield Corporation acquired the house and land for £39,500 for the provision of local authority housing. The resultant Falcon Lodge Estate was built between 1948 and 1950. There are two secondary schools opposite each other: John Willmott School

John Willmott School

John Willmott School is an 11–18 community comprehensive school located in Sutton Coldfield, England and is part of the Birmingham Local Education Authority. and has been a specialist technology college since September 2001. There are 1,186 students on roll, of whom 230 are in the sixth form....

 & Fairfax School

Fairfax School

Fairfax School is an 11-19 Secondary School in Sutton Coldfield, north of Birmingham. The school was established in 1959.The school is in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme and also holds an annual Eisteddfod as well as other arts productions throughout the year. Establishment of the Eisteddfod...

. The road (Fairfax Road) on which Fairfax School lies acts as the border of the estate. There is also a primary school called Newhall (formerly Springfield School) and Langley School on Lindridge Road (a special needs school).This was demolished in 2010. Woodington Infants School

William F Woodington

William Frederick Woodington was a notable English painter and sculptor of the 19th century.He was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire William Frederick Woodington (10 February 1806 - 24 December 1893) was a notable English painter and sculptor of the 19th century.He was born in Sutton...

, just off Woodington Road was demolished in 2007/2008.

The estate is split by a small stream along which Churchill Road is situated. This road acts as the main route on which National Express West Midlands

National Express West Midlands

National Express West Midlands , formerly known as Travel West Midlands , is the trade name of West Midlands Travel Ltd , a company which operates bus services from depots in the cities of Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall in the West...

 bus

Bus

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es travelling through the estate take.

The Falcon Lodge area is served by the Sutton Trinity

Sutton Trinity

Sutton Trinity is one of the 40 electoral wards in Birmingham, England. The ward is named after Holy Trinity Church, the town's parish church....

electoral ward which only came into being in 2004.

The area has a row of shops running along Churchill Road and the estate has its own community centre, run by Birmingham City Council, offering classes and activities for young and old alike.

Sutton Coldfield Town Boys Football Club is located on Lindridge Road.