The social media, websites or email details of our friends and neighbours in Yardley & Solihull Deanery - as far as we have them: if you are one, please do supply more information!
The Diocesan website (Church of England Birmingham) records the description of the Deanery thus:
The new Deanery of Yardley and Solihull came into formal being through a Bishop’s order on the 1st January 2020 following considerable diocesan and local consultation.
Yardley and Solihull Deanery is part of the Aston Archdeaconry, and offers a wedge-shaped microcosm of wider society in the West Midlands and across much of the UK. It ‘hangs’ off three arterial routes: the A34 Stratford Road, A41 Warwick Road and A45 Coventry Road. The parishes in the north and west of the deanery lie in Birmingham, and many are ‘Presence and Engagement’ parishes serving areas with people of diverse ethnic backgrounds and with a majority of people who would identify themselves as Muslim or of faiths other than Christian. The parishes in the south of the deanery lie in Solihull, a separate town with its own local authority, own sense of self and a large rural fringe. Residents here would more likely be of English background, and identify themselves as Christian or, increasingly, ‘nothing’.
Solihull has traditionally been considered wealthy, though this is not wholly true of everywhere; one of the parishes, in particular, contains some fairly high levels of deprivation. However, of the northern Birmingham suburbs, Indices of Deprivation show all but one parish are in the bottom 7%, and eleven are in the bottom 2% of most deprived parishes in the country. A number of community support projects are housed in or work alongside local churches, with refugees and asylum seekers being among the people assisted. Several church-housed food-banks support local families, many of whom are working full-time, with Yardley Great Trust also providing grants and accommodation, especially for the elderly, across the large area of the ancient parish of Yardley.
The deanery contains eight church primary schools but no church secondaries. All of our schools enjoy close relationships with their churches, and one is a member of the Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust (BDMAT). The deanery contains 23 parishes / united benefices, comprising 28 churches and 18 incumbents. Two of the churches also have associate vicars, and fairly large staff teams.
Area Dean: Revd Nick Parker
Email: ad.yardleyandsolihull@cofebirmingham.com
Tel: 07780 104 286 |
Bickenhill (St Peter) - with Hampton in Arden (Revd Stuart Dimes)
www.stpeterbickenhill.org.uk
FB St Peters Church Bickenhill. https://m.facebook.com/bickenhillvillage/
Twitter - not used
Hampton in Arden (Revd Stuart Dimes)
(St. Mary and St. Bartholomew, Hampton in Arden)
www.hamptoninardenchurch.org.uk
FB - @church_hampton
Twitter - @church_hampton www.twitter.com/church_hampton
Elmdon (With St Mary Hobs Moat)
www.elmdonchurch.org
FB - Elmdon Church www.facebook.com/elmdonchurch
Twitter - not used
St Mary Temple Balsall (in vacancy)
https://templebalsall.wordpress.com/
or
http://www.stmarystemplebalsall.org.uk/
Other information and historical details on:
http://www.leveson.org.uk/templebalsall/history.htm
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/templebalsall/
Twitter: Not used
Barston (St Swithins) - with Hampton in Arden
(See above)
Balsall Common (St Peter’s) (In vacancy)
T: 01676 532389
E: spcbalsall@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/spcbalsall
Facebook: www.facebook.com/spcbalsall
Instagram: www.instagram.com/spcbalsall
Hobs Moat - St Mary's Church, (Revd Beccah).
http://www.stmaryschurchhobsmoat.org/
Facebook 'St. Mary’s Church Hobs Moat'
Knowle (Rev Geoff Lanham - Vicar@kpc.org.uk )
Associate Vicar Revd. Matt Simpson; Curate Revd. Ann Peachey
St John & St Lawrence, Knowle Parish Church
www.kpc.org.uk
Facebook 'Knowle Parish Church’
Olton (Revd. Dominic Wright)
St. Margaret’s, Olton
Facebook ‘St. Margaret’s Church Olton'
Solihull (St Alphege with St Helens and St Michael)
Team Rector (vacancy)
Revd. Simon Marshall - Team Vicar, St Michael’s
St Helen’s (In Vacancy)
? - Curate
http://www.solihullparish.org.uk/
Facebook 'Solihull Parish'.
ACOCKS GREEN, ST MARY
Warwick Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6QX
E andrewbullock2@blueyonder.co.uk
BORDESLEY GREEN, ST PAUL
Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5XS
T 0121 753 0668 E susan@stpaulscrossover.org
W www.achurchnearyou.com/bordesley-green-st-paul
http://www.stpaulscrossover.org.uk/
BORDESLEY, ST BENEDICT
Hob Moor Road & Burlington Road, Bordesley, Birmingham B10 9PJ
T 0121-308 8850 E rmsheppard@hotmail.co.uk
W www.achurchnearyou.com/bordesley-st-benedict
WARD END, CHRIST CHURCH
Burney Lane, Ward End, Birmingham B8 2AS
T 0121 783 6999 E wardendccbl@gmail.com
W www.ccbl.org.uk (website disabled?)
HAY MILLS YARDLEY, ST CYPRIAN
Fordrough, Yardley, Birmingham B25 8DL
T 0121 705 4875 E jeanneshaw58@yahoo.co.uk
W www.achurchnearyou.com/hay-mill-st-cyprian
SALTLEY, ST SAVIOUR
Saint Saviours Road, Saltley, Birmingham B8 1HW
T 0121 328 9855 E frathompson@btinternet.com
W http://www.achurchnearyou.com/saltley-st-saviour
SMALL HEATH, ALL SAINTS
Herbert Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B10 0PR
T 07472 463841 E vicar@allsaintsonline.co.uk
SOUTH YARDLEY, ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS
Rowlands Road & Yew Tree Lane, South Yardley, Birmingham B26 1AS
SPARKBROOK, CHRIST CHURCH
Farm Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham B11 1LS
T 0121 7714836 E christchurchparish@talktalk.net
W www.christchurchsparkbrook.org.uk
SPARKHILL, ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Shakespeare Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham B11 4RU
Priest-in-charge Revd. Toby Crowe
T 0121 772 7582 E stjohnschurch@blueyonder.co.uk
SPRINGFIELD, ST CHRISTOPHER
Springfield Road & Woodlands Road, Springfield, Birmingham B13 9NY
T 0121 325 5331 E stchristopherschurch@hotmail.co.uk
W www.stchristopherschurch.co.uk (?Website disabled?)
STECHFORD, ALL SAINTS
Albert Road, Stechford, Birmingham B33 8UA
T 0121 783 2463 E vicar@stechfordanglican.org.uk
W www.stechfordanglican.org.uk (?Website disabled?)
TYSELEY, ST EDMUND
Reddings Lane, Tyseley, Birmingham B11 3DD
T 0121 778 6067 E stedmunds@me.com
WARD END, ST MARGARET
Saint Margarets Road, Ward End, Birmingham B8 2BA
T 0121 326 9983 E wardendccbl@gmail.com
W www.stmargaretscommunitytrust.co.uk
WASHWOOD HEATH, ST MARK
Washwood Heath Road, Washwood Heath, Birmingham B8 2XS
T 0121 328 9855 E frathompson@btinternet.com
W www.achurchnearyou.com/saltley-st-saviour
YARDLEY, ST EDBURGHA
Church Road, Yardley, Birmingham B33 8NY
T 0121 783 4736 E stedburghaoffice@btconnect.com