Meriden, West Midlands

Meriden
The traditional centre of England
Meriden Location within the West Midlands
Population	2,719 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid reference	SP240824
Civil parish	Meriden
Metropolitan borough	Solihull
Shire county	Warwickshire
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COVENTRY
Postcode district	CV7
Dialling code	01676
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Meriden
List of places UK England West Midlands 52°26′16″N 1°38′59″W / 52.4379°N 1.6496°W / 52.4379; -1.6496

Meriden is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England. Historically, it is part of Warwickshire and lies between the cities of Birmingham and Coventry. It is located close to the North Warwickshire district border within a green belt of the countryside known as the Meriden Gap and is in the ecclesiastical parish of the Diocese of Coventry.

The village is 7 miles (11 kilometres) east-northeast of Solihull, 7 miles (11 kilometres) west-northwest of Coventry and 13 miles (21 kilometres) east-southeast of Birmingham city centre. It was known as "Alspath" in the Domesday Book. The village gives its name to the Meriden parliamentary constituency, which was created in 1955 and covers the Meriden Gap. In the 2011 Census, the population of the Meriden parish was 2,719.^[2] The population is estimated to have risen to 3,096 by 2017.^[2]