Dorridge

Dorridge is a village in the West Midlands borough of Solihull, England, with a population of 7800. Dorridge is to the East of the M40 and the South of the M42 which, along with a small but important green belt area, separates Dorridge and its neighbours of Knowle and Bentley Heath from the greater urban area of Birmingham, with the town of Solihull encompassing the green-belt area. It falls in the Meriden Gap and historically was part of Warwickshire. Indeed, there are no major towns between Dorridge and Warwick. It is 125 metres (400 ft) above sea-level, located in the Midlands Plateau. The village of Dorridge did not exist as a community until the mid-19th century, though it is mentioned as far back as the 15th century in the...