village cricket team left the village. In 2014 a new BMX track was built, funded by the village fete committee. The recreation ground is used for major village events such as The village Fete, Bonfire Night and Proms in the Park. There is also a Pavilion which is used by local community groups such as the church, beavers, cubs, scouts, an under 3s club and local football teams. The venue is managed by the Parish clerk. There are a number of listed buildings in and around Hockley Heath and Nuthurst, including Box Trees farmhouse. Transport links The village is situated on the main A3400 Birmingham to Stratford Road, south of junction 4 of the M42 motorway affording links to London and other major cities, whilst south of the village there is a junction off the southbound carriageway of the M40 motorway. The village is on the route of bus services X20 which runs between Solihull and Stratford-upon-Avon. Additionally service A7/A8 links the village to Solihull via Dorridge. Dorridge Station is the nearest railway station to the village at away with local connections to Solihull, Birmingham and Warwick and main line connections to London Marylebone on Chiltern Railways. Nearby villages include Earlswood, Lapworth, Kingswood, Baddesley Clinton, Tanworth-in-Arden and the large village of Dorridge. The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal runs through the village and Hockley Heath Wharf, situated to the rear of The Wharf Public house, meant it became one the Arden villages which later became a convenient stopping off point for users of the canal. The canal, which runs from Kings Norton, was navigable as far as Hockley Heath by 1798, the remaining link to Stratford being opened by 1816. Hockley Wharf served the surrounding area and non-perishable goods were unloaded there, including timber, lime, coke, coal, cement, bricks and salt. The last commercial load was brought into the wharf on Christmas Eve, 1929. The village was formed as a horse changing point on the 25-mile journey between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon. A public house once called "The Nag's Head" still stands next to the place where the stables are thought to have once stood. Education Hockley Heath Primary Academy is situated on School Road, Hockley Heath, Solihull, West Midlands, B94 6RA In 2020, The Real Schools Guide ranked Hockley Heath Primary Academy as the 9th best primary school in Solihull. Local secondary schools include Tudor Grange Academy Solihull, Arden Academy, Henley-in-Arden School and