Shenley Green is an area of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

. It is located in the south-west of the city, between

Weoley Castle Weoley Castle is a residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The area is part of the Weoley local authority electoral ward, and also comes under the Northfield local council constituency. The suburb of Weoley Castle is ...

and Northfield. Shenley Green was a post war development built on the location of Shendley Green Farm and by 1958 there were around 8,000 residents. The centre of Shenley Green comprises a shopping area, the Shenley Centre and St. David's Church. It is part of

Bournville Village Trust Bournville Village Trust is an organisation created to maintain and improve the Birmingham suburb of Bournville. During the 20th century it expanded its geographical coverage to include developments in Shenley Green, Lightmoor in Telford, Bloomsb ...

. The Shenley Green Centre was conceived by local people and built in 1965 as a youth club. St. David's Church was opened in 1970 and its prominent feature is the large

lantern tower In architecture, the lantern tower is a tall construction above the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church, with openings through which light from outside can shine down to the crossing (so it also called a crossing lante ...

. The former church building became the community hall for the new church.

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St. David's Church
At the Shenley Green Centre there is also a range of useful shops which includes a supermarket, butchers and a chemist which serve the local residents who reside there Areas of Birmingham, West Midlands {{WestMidlands-geo-stub