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Sutton Coldfield is an area of north-eastern Birmingham, England. Until 1974 it was an independent town, part of Warwickshire, and a Royal borough in its own right. The formal Mayoral chains of office are now on display in Birmingham Council House .Sutton (as it is often called) has a population of about 100,000, and forms a single parliamentary constituency. The Member of Parliament since 2001 is Andrew Mitchell ( Conservative). It comprises the wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton Trinity, Sutton Vesey and Sutton New Hall. Linked by a fast railway service to the centre of Birmingham, Sutton is mostly a commuter dormitory town for people who work in Birmingham.
Sutton Trinity ward was created in June 2004, at which time the other three wards' boundaries were changed.
From 5 April 2004, it has been a formal district, with many local services managed by a district committee made up of all Sutton's councillors.
The area is home to Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield F.C. , and Sutton Coldfield television transmitterThe Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is a broadcasting transmitter based at Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham in England. In 1948, it became the first television transmitter to broadcast outside of London, bringing BBC Television to viewers outside, the first televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p transmitter outside London. Just outside Sutton Coldfield is The Belfry , a hotel with a renowned golfThis article is about the sport of golf. For other meanings, see Golf (disambiguation). Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. It is defined in the Rules of Golf as playing a ball with complex whose Brabazon course has hosted the Ryder CupThe Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event officially called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. The Ryder Cup was first competed for in 1927, with the US competing against Great Britain. After nearly 40 several times.
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