Solihull: Town in the Country

by Jonathan Berg

• A brand new book of modern Solihull to be published in summer 2027. • With 144 pages Solihull: Town in the Country looks not just at Solihull town centre, but the whole of the borough. • The photography and text is by Jonathan Berg, well known for his photography books exploring modern Birmingham. • Jonathan has lived in Solihull since the 1980s and this will be his sixteenth book since the first edition of Positively Birmingham was published in 1994. • In eight chapters the book explains the development of Solihull from medieval routes cut through the Forest of Arden right up to the present day where it is a major West Midlands centre for employment. • The book is on schedule to be published in late summer 2027. • See opportunities for pre-ordering with significant discounts here
Cover of Solihull: Town in the Country by Jonathan Berg, showing St Alphege’s Church from above
© 2026, Jonathan Berg
Heart of Solihull chapter opening, with an aerial photograph of St Alphege’s Church and the town centre Blythe Valley chapter opening, showing sunset over Earlswood Lakes Birminhgam Airport and JLR feature in this final chapter of Solihukk: Town in the Country Shirley Street looks at the modern town of Shirley