Streetly used to be an agricultural area. This is still reflected by the open spaces that still exist in Streetly although it has now grown into an established residential suburb of Walsall. Streetly borders Sutton Coldfield and has good access to the main road network.

Streetly gets its name from Ryknield Street, the site of an old roman road. A settlement has existed here since Saxon times. During medieval times Streetly was owned by the Earl of Warwick who owned a Manor House in Sutton Coldfield. After the war Streetly developed rapidly and many of the buildings and particularly the residential areas of Streetly are constructions from the 1950's and 1960's.

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