5 March 1962 and Archbishop Grimshaw laid the foundation stone on 25 June 1962 with the church being opened on 31 March 1964 and consecrated on 22 June 1972, the feast of St. John Fisher. The building was designed by the architect E. Bower Norris. Until it sustained damage and was removed in 2008 there was a large wooden sculpture of St. John Fisher dressed as Bishop of Rochester, sculpted by Jonah Jones (1919–2004), attached to the front of the church but it has now been replaced by the pattern of a cross in brick. The large Catholic population in West Heath amounts to about 900 families living in the area in 2010. St Anne's Church – The Anglican Parish of St. Anne covers a geographically small area with St. Anne's Church at the centre, the building consisting of the old church, called "The Mission Church" until 1942, which was built in 1900 and opened by the Bishop of Worcester on 1 December 1900 and now used as the church hall, and the new church. Work on the building of the new church began in 1968 with the consecration of St Anne's Church and St Francis’ Chapel taking place on 4 October 1974, St Francis’ Day. West Heath became the Benefice of West Heath in the Deanery of Kings Norton in 1966. The architects of the new church were Harvey and Wicks. St Nicholas Church – Prior to the building of St. Anne's, the medieval church of St. Nicholas in Kings Norton, had served West Heath as the parish church. Cofton Common lay within the parish of St. Michael's Church at Cofton Hackett. Sports clubs and recreation West Heath Football Club, West Heath Park – founded 2014 - Leisure Leagues Rubery Division 1 West Heath Snooker Club, Unit 8 Lightning Way West Heath Community Centre, Condover Road Transport Buses The suburb is served by several buses operated by National Express West Midlands, Kev's Cars and Coaches which serve several destinations including Birmingham City Centre (45), Northfield and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston (46), Allen's Cross, Rubery and Rednal (42) & Solihull (49). Rail Northfield railway station on the Cross-City Line is located at the north end of West Heath, with trains operating to Redditch, Bromsgrove, Birmingham & Lichfield at a 10 to 20 minute frequency during peak times. Longbridge railway station is located inside the Longbridge and West Heath ward close