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Primary venue, B91 2SF - Elmdon Heath Community Centre Hall.
1st visit here? £2 discount at door. Ask for it !
Carry (smartphone, or print) - HERE. maps/details to get to Hall
1st visit here? £2 discount at door. Ask for it !
Carry (smartphone, or print) - HERE. maps/details to get to Hall
M42 J5 is nearby. Dancers should find this venue very easy to reach by car.
What Hall looks like HERE. Hall is NAMED on map HERE. Where? Satellite gMap HERE.
Hall is open early to shelter travellers - A welcoming hot drink & biscuits at 1:30pm.
NB Bus stop icon at a recess in front of the Hall marks hourly 966 inbound stop from B'HAM INTERNATIONAL RAIL STATION.
From THIS STOP promptly at the Dance END - await 17.30 - catch 966 if RETURNING to SOLIHULL Centre. ( 3min walk to Solihull Stn.)
B'ham Sunday Buzzes next : then Rail Stations (each has a dedicated page).
By each bus route or suggested bus time: is now a CHECK link. Please do just that. Sunday timetables do get changed.
What Hall looks like HERE. Hall is NAMED on map HERE. Where? Satellite gMap HERE.
Hall is open early to shelter travellers - A welcoming hot drink & biscuits at 1:30pm.
NB Bus stop icon at a recess in front of the Hall marks hourly 966 inbound stop from B'HAM INTERNATIONAL RAIL STATION.
From THIS STOP promptly at the Dance END - await 17.30 - catch 966 if RETURNING to SOLIHULL Centre. ( 3min walk to Solihull Stn.)
B'ham Sunday Buzzes next : then Rail Stations (each has a dedicated page).
By each bus route or suggested bus time: is now a CHECK link. Please do just that. Sunday timetables do get changed.
37 Bus from B'ham centre. Moor St MS16 stop Moor St Rail / 3min walk from New St Rail ! Every 10 min! 35 min ride via Acocks Green to bus stop opp Lode Heath School, 5 min walk to venue !
On right Moat Rd. Becomes Cornyx La. Hall on Right. Walk route : bus to named Hall HERE. CHECK : 37 BUS Times: 37
On right Moat Rd. Becomes Cornyx La. Hall on Right. Walk route : bus to named Hall HERE. CHECK : 37 BUS Times: 37
72 Bus from B'ham centre ! every 30 min via Bromford-Castle Bromwich-Chelmsley Wood-Marston Green Rail Stn
- to same bus stop opp Lode Heath School, 5 min walk to venue !
Right along Moat Rd: soon Cornyx La. Hall on Right. Walk route: bus to named Hall HERE. Check 72 BUS Times: 72 BUS
- to same bus stop opp Lode Heath School, 5 min walk to venue !
Right along Moat Rd: soon Cornyx La. Hall on Right. Walk route: bus to named Hall HERE. Check 72 BUS Times: 72 BUS
49 Bus every 30 mins from Northfield via Rubery-Longbridge rail starion-West Heath-
Kings Norton rail station-Cotteridge-Pool Farm-Maypole-Shirley rail station-Solihull rail station-STAY ON BUS-past Solihull Hospital to [4th bus stop after station] (opposite) Hermitage Rd. Walk is only 5 min to venue ! Cross Lode Lane. Best follow along footpath beside playground into Hermitage Rd. Then left along Hermitage Rd to reach where Moat Rd becomes Cornyx La. At T turn Right - soon Hall is labelled on the Right. The walk route from the bus stop on streetmap where the Hall is NAMED can be viewed HERE. CHECK : 49 BUS Times: 49
Kings Norton rail station-Cotteridge-Pool Farm-Maypole-Shirley rail station-Solihull rail station-STAY ON BUS-past Solihull Hospital to [4th bus stop after station] (opposite) Hermitage Rd. Walk is only 5 min to venue ! Cross Lode Lane. Best follow along footpath beside playground into Hermitage Rd. Then left along Hermitage Rd to reach where Moat Rd becomes Cornyx La. At T turn Right - soon Hall is labelled on the Right. The walk route from the bus stop on streetmap where the Hall is NAMED can be viewed HERE. CHECK : 49 BUS Times: 49
X2 Bus ride is 30 min from B'ham centre Moor St MS4 stop Moor St Rail / and 3min walk from New St Rail ! Runs every 20 min : via Bordesley rail station-Yardley-Sheldon-Wheatsheaf-Old Lode Lane -
- to same bus stop opp Lode Heath School, 5 min walk to venue !
On right Moat Rd. Becomes Cornyx La. Hall on Right. Walk route : bus to named Hall HERE. Check X2 BUS Times : X2
- to same bus stop opp Lode Heath School, 5 min walk to venue !
On right Moat Rd. Becomes Cornyx La. Hall on Right. Walk route : bus to named Hall HERE. Check X2 BUS Times : X2
966 Bus STOPS OUTSIDE THE HALL DOOR : takes 30 min from Five Ways Erdington !... Every HOUR ! via Castle Bromwich-Chelmsley Wood-International rail stn-to stop AT the venue ! CHECK : 966 BUS Times: 966
A station well-connected by RAIL - see PAGE dedicated to :
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL RAIL STATION/NEC.
966 Bus - DIRECT, BUT only HOURLY Sun bus service to get to the dance - catch the 13:28 from NEC Stop SB
- 11 min ride to Hall view stop outside hall: "opp Damson Lane" CHECK : 966 BUS Times: 966
RETURN 966 is HOURLY towards International Station : LEAVE DANCE VERY PROMPTLY at END.Timetabled 17:24. Advise wait from 17:21 - BUS 966 to NEC stops over the road from the Hall - NB. This NEXT 966 return bus is timetabled at 18:33.
You may find PLUSBUS provides a cheaper bus ride AS you book your rail ticket.
BUT your set-off rail stat'n must be outside B'ham/Solihull: away from icon area HERE.
BEWARE that sometimes Plusbus's quoted times are NOT always fully updated.
Depending on such outdated times can be dangerous. Check WM timetables too!
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL RAIL STATION/NEC.
966 Bus - DIRECT, BUT only HOURLY Sun bus service to get to the dance - catch the 13:28 from NEC Stop SB
- 11 min ride to Hall view stop outside hall: "opp Damson Lane" CHECK : 966 BUS Times: 966
RETURN 966 is HOURLY towards International Station : LEAVE DANCE VERY PROMPTLY at END.Timetabled 17:24. Advise wait from 17:21 - BUS 966 to NEC stops over the road from the Hall - NB. This NEXT 966 return bus is timetabled at 18:33.
You may find PLUSBUS provides a cheaper bus ride AS you book your rail ticket.
BUT your set-off rail stat'n must be outside B'ham/Solihull: away from icon area HERE.
BEWARE that sometimes Plusbus's quoted times are NOT always fully updated.
Depending on such outdated times can be dangerous. Check WM timetables too!
NEAREST rail to CC Hall is - SOLIHULL.
Hall is 7-11mins cycle: 20-26 min walk from Solihull Rail.
Two sides of A4 maps & routes: see & print off from ROUTEMAPS page.
Walkway, bus & cycling details are also available on these.
FREQUENT (less than 10 min) buses from Solihull Station run along Lode Lane.
Leave a 5 to 8 min walk to Hall.
Bus times from station/route and walking route are on the carry-maps.
Full details at our page on Solihull Station - HERE : Rail - Solihull Station.
In 2016 the direct S1 Sunday bus was entirely removed. Solihull Station stop for 966 Sunday direct was taken out too.
966 - direct, hourly Sun bus service - NOT outside Solihull Station: it's 3min walk away.
Catch 13:17 from Solihulll Stop SB. 7 min ride, & alight at Greville Arms, opposite the hall.
BUT - Next 966 bus is at - 14:17.
But best RETURN to near Solihull Stn : IS hourly 966. Leave dance PROMPTLY at END.
Timetabled 17:33. Advise wait from 17:30
- BUS 966 to Solihull stop is just outside the Hall -
- ride to Solihull Centre : 3 min walk to Solihull Station. NB. This return bus is NEXT timetabled at 18:31.
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Should these 2 rail stations NOT be convenient, check stations on the bus routes above.
Hall is 7-11mins cycle: 20-26 min walk from Solihull Rail.
Two sides of A4 maps & routes: see & print off from ROUTEMAPS page.
Walkway, bus & cycling details are also available on these.
FREQUENT (less than 10 min) buses from Solihull Station run along Lode Lane.
Leave a 5 to 8 min walk to Hall.
Bus times from station/route and walking route are on the carry-maps.
Full details at our page on Solihull Station - HERE : Rail - Solihull Station.
In 2016 the direct S1 Sunday bus was entirely removed. Solihull Station stop for 966 Sunday direct was taken out too.
966 - direct, hourly Sun bus service - NOT outside Solihull Station: it's 3min walk away.
Catch 13:17 from Solihulll Stop SB. 7 min ride, & alight at Greville Arms, opposite the hall.
BUT - Next 966 bus is at - 14:17.
But best RETURN to near Solihull Stn : IS hourly 966. Leave dance PROMPTLY at END.
Timetabled 17:33. Advise wait from 17:30
- BUS 966 to Solihull stop is just outside the Hall -
- ride to Solihull Centre : 3 min walk to Solihull Station. NB. This return bus is NEXT timetabled at 18:31.
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Should these 2 rail stations NOT be convenient, check stations on the bus routes above.
Details last updated on 23/1/17
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All our venue's windows open properly AND it has ceiling FANS !
- Comfortable Contras - COOL in every sense !
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- Comfortable Contras - COOL in every sense !
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CONGRATULATIONS, MANDY - another ace pic - OUR LAST DYNAMIC "ONLY LIVELY CONTRAS" DANCE OF 2015 Mandy's Copyright.. Nov 29th 2015.
Our Previous Venue
It's a regret that relative convenience of public transport to the Chaplaincy had been used to limited advantage.
Students attending B'ham Uni nearby: & those in Cath Soc were not even trying-out Contras at the Chaplaincy.
Young and enthusiastic bands & callers are greatly appreciated by our older, as well as by our student dancers.
A great line-up is promised - wherever we meet to dance Brummie Contras.
- Kim's brilliant XMAS PARTY on 20th Dec 2015 - was our 1st dance at Elmdon Heath -
DANCES THERE THROUGH 2016 HAVE BEEN MUCH ENJOYED - BUT IT'S MORE FUN IF YOU COME REGULARLY.
It's a regret that relative convenience of public transport to the Chaplaincy had been used to limited advantage.
Students attending B'ham Uni nearby: & those in Cath Soc were not even trying-out Contras at the Chaplaincy.
Young and enthusiastic bands & callers are greatly appreciated by our older, as well as by our student dancers.
A great line-up is promised - wherever we meet to dance Brummie Contras.
- Kim's brilliant XMAS PARTY on 20th Dec 2015 - was our 1st dance at Elmdon Heath -
DANCES THERE THROUGH 2016 HAVE BEEN MUCH ENJOYED - BUT IT'S MORE FUN IF YOU COME REGULARLY.
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NB: Any venue has good & bad aspects. Always there's balance between finding a hall-fee
AND still offering an excellent band & caller fair recompense for their days' work & travel.
Our bands are BRILLIANT - many musicians need to drive a long way.
(Linda - the superb extemporising violinist of ECDB travels from Brighton.)
Most musicians are exceptionally generous with time & travel: giving us superb music.
Much higher costs loomed at our previous Chaplaincy Hall. David: a new part-time Warden expected 30% more for 2016. This forced a permanent venue transfer.
He'd left and locked the main door (- unannounced and whilst supposedly on duty -
arrivals at the dance found they were locked out, with the side door also locked)
He had also removed the previously agreed side-door facility to unload equipment.
Bands kept waiting with their gear at the front, had to lug it all a needlessly long way.
A £14 door price just to pay the new Chaplaincy Hall fees would
have decimated our attendance - rather than encourage a gradual
increase in numbers - which we need for the Contras to continue.
NOW - key access - proper stage - ceiling fans - windows all open - less silly hassels.
( The Chaplaincy exterior title picture is now gone, SINCE WE NEEDED TO MOVE OUR VENUE. )
But bands & callers still need to receive a more fair remuneration, which they deserve !
Most dancers travel by car. Motorways usually cause less stress to car & driver.
Elmdon Heath Hall is conveniently CLOSE TO M42 J5. In quiet traffic, 4 mins away.
AND still offering an excellent band & caller fair recompense for their days' work & travel.
Our bands are BRILLIANT - many musicians need to drive a long way.
(Linda - the superb extemporising violinist of ECDB travels from Brighton.)
Most musicians are exceptionally generous with time & travel: giving us superb music.
Much higher costs loomed at our previous Chaplaincy Hall. David: a new part-time Warden expected 30% more for 2016. This forced a permanent venue transfer.
He'd left and locked the main door (- unannounced and whilst supposedly on duty -
arrivals at the dance found they were locked out, with the side door also locked)
He had also removed the previously agreed side-door facility to unload equipment.
Bands kept waiting with their gear at the front, had to lug it all a needlessly long way.
A £14 door price just to pay the new Chaplaincy Hall fees would
have decimated our attendance - rather than encourage a gradual
increase in numbers - which we need for the Contras to continue.
NOW - key access - proper stage - ceiling fans - windows all open - less silly hassels.
( The Chaplaincy exterior title picture is now gone, SINCE WE NEEDED TO MOVE OUR VENUE. )
But bands & callers still need to receive a more fair remuneration, which they deserve !
Most dancers travel by car. Motorways usually cause less stress to car & driver.
Elmdon Heath Hall is conveniently CLOSE TO M42 J5. In quiet traffic, 4 mins away.
A satisfactory venue - 2017's Brummie Contras ( not Good Friday ) will continue here !
What the hall looks like HERE. Pointed out on gMap below -
It's labelled position on open Satellite Map HERE.
What the hall looks like HERE. Pointed out on gMap below -
It's labelled position on open Satellite Map HERE.
Route from J4 of M42 take A41 - just at first, it's dual carriageway - in just over half a mile are two close sets of traffic lights.
At the first lights continue ahead and immediately take the right lane to turn right at the second set of lights into Yew Tree Lane.
Continue on a curve to the left, to remain on Yew Tree Lane at a fork. Cross speed humps and pass minor junctions until your road ahead becomes Cornyx Lane. (Damson Lane goes off to your right.) You are passing the Greville Arms on the right. Look left. The hall sign reads "Elmdon Heath Community Centre ". Turn left into Glebe Road: immediately left into the service road. To right of the Hall, take tarmac driveway, & park behind the hall; else further around on its far side. Download HERE, to print route instructions & a Map.
At the first lights continue ahead and immediately take the right lane to turn right at the second set of lights into Yew Tree Lane.
Continue on a curve to the left, to remain on Yew Tree Lane at a fork. Cross speed humps and pass minor junctions until your road ahead becomes Cornyx Lane. (Damson Lane goes off to your right.) You are passing the Greville Arms on the right. Look left. The hall sign reads "Elmdon Heath Community Centre ". Turn left into Glebe Road: immediately left into the service road. To right of the Hall, take tarmac driveway, & park behind the hall; else further around on its far side. Download HERE, to print route instructions & a Map.
NOTE THERE ARE ALSO MANY CAR SPACES ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE HALL. When parking behind, PLEASE LEAVE ACCESS TO THESE !
Very easy motorway access! AND Elmdon Heath Hall does "tick more boxes".
Plague echoes are present : reduced by side curtains; care, skill & time with sound set-up.
For Bands there's a useful trolley to transport equipment from outside onto the STAGE.
YEA - there's a PROPER STAGE FOR BAND AND CALLER here !
Access by supplied key SHOULD be preventing repeats of musicians, caller & Jackie needing to hang about outside at the start instead of being able to enter to prepare for dancers.
Dancers won't again be insulted by arriving to dance - to find the entrance & side door locked: by a warden having entirely left the premises and given those inside no warning.
Windows at Elmdon Heath all open satisfactorily.
Ceiling fans cool dancers. (There's one on stage too! ), so we hope for cool summer dances.
The kitchen has a wall boiler; so we don't now need to wheel about,
or leave around a dangerous urn containing boiling water.
Plague echoes are present : reduced by side curtains; care, skill & time with sound set-up.
For Bands there's a useful trolley to transport equipment from outside onto the STAGE.
YEA - there's a PROPER STAGE FOR BAND AND CALLER here !
Access by supplied key SHOULD be preventing repeats of musicians, caller & Jackie needing to hang about outside at the start instead of being able to enter to prepare for dancers.
Dancers won't again be insulted by arriving to dance - to find the entrance & side door locked: by a warden having entirely left the premises and given those inside no warning.
Windows at Elmdon Heath all open satisfactorily.
Ceiling fans cool dancers. (There's one on stage too! ), so we hope for cool summer dances.
The kitchen has a wall boiler; so we don't now need to wheel about,
or leave around a dangerous urn containing boiling water.
On our many Dance fliers - adverts for our Dances did much to "sell" the Chaplaincy Hall & its good points.
BUT ! No stage. No curtaining to improve acoustics. No opportunity to open windows or through doors, to ventilate.
No ceiling fans. Bands kept waiting, then expected to lug equipment through 3 entrance doors and 2 halls, to set up !
Facilities at the Chaplaincy Hall had deteriorated, even since a personal offer to buy sound absorbing foam.
Kim's Christmas 2015 Party with Contras was moved to the substantial hall of -
Elmdon Heath Community Centre.
In Cornyx Lane, Solihull, it's usually less than a 5min easy drive from M42 J5.
A venue move deeply disappointed.
This though appeared the best prospect for the future of "Brummie Contras".
The Hall is directly indicated on the map ABOVE.
[ Navigation only by Hall postcode - B91 2SF - will direct the correct distance along , but to the OPPOSITE side of Cornyx Lane. ]
PARKING is plentiful - behind the Hall - properly surfaced and safely enclosed.
Turn off Cornyx Lane into Glebe Road - IMMEDIATELY left into the service road -
then drive to the right of the hall to park behind the hall itself.
The move from the venue previously pictured in our title is likely to be permanent. The MAP ABOVE HERE POINTS OUT ELMDON HEATH HALL off CORNYX LANE.
SOME of MANY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH TRYING TO CONTINUE AT THE CHAPLAINCY ARE OUTLINED ABOVE.
BUT ! No stage. No curtaining to improve acoustics. No opportunity to open windows or through doors, to ventilate.
No ceiling fans. Bands kept waiting, then expected to lug equipment through 3 entrance doors and 2 halls, to set up !
Facilities at the Chaplaincy Hall had deteriorated, even since a personal offer to buy sound absorbing foam.
Kim's Christmas 2015 Party with Contras was moved to the substantial hall of -
Elmdon Heath Community Centre.
In Cornyx Lane, Solihull, it's usually less than a 5min easy drive from M42 J5.
A venue move deeply disappointed.
This though appeared the best prospect for the future of "Brummie Contras".
The Hall is directly indicated on the map ABOVE.
[ Navigation only by Hall postcode - B91 2SF - will direct the correct distance along , but to the OPPOSITE side of Cornyx Lane. ]
PARKING is plentiful - behind the Hall - properly surfaced and safely enclosed.
Turn off Cornyx Lane into Glebe Road - IMMEDIATELY left into the service road -
then drive to the right of the hall to park behind the hall itself.
The move from the venue previously pictured in our title is likely to be permanent. The MAP ABOVE HERE POINTS OUT ELMDON HEATH HALL off CORNYX LANE.
SOME of MANY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH TRYING TO CONTINUE AT THE CHAPLAINCY ARE OUTLINED ABOVE.
To encourage attenders, almost every band has joyfully played music excellent for Contras, and -
to allow the gradual build-up regular dancers - have - like the callers - accepted fees based on our takings.
These remunerations have often inadequately reflected their travel and other costs.
Band fees have been personally subsidised, when remuneration from takings has seemed particularly unjust..
to allow the gradual build-up regular dancers - have - like the callers - accepted fees based on our takings.
These remunerations have often inadequately reflected their travel and other costs.
Band fees have been personally subsidised, when remuneration from takings has seemed particularly unjust..
Last updated on 21/12/16
