Wylde Green
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Wylde Green is a residential area just to the south of the town of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England.
To the north is Beeches Walk (an informal boundary between it and the Maney area that heralds the start of the town centre of Sutton Coldfield). To the south is the Chester Road crossroads, beyond which is Erdington. To the east across New Hall Valley is Walmley, and on the west is Boldmere.
There is a railway station at Wylde Green, on the Birmingham to Lichfield suburban line. Much of the housing dates from the 1930s, late 1940s and 1950s. Much of the area is a middle-class suburb, with pockets of affluence.
Wylde Green was formerly in Warwickshire.
Wylde Green Road, the road to Walmley, was notable for having a ford across Plants Brook until around 1967. Within the valley are New Hall Valley Country Park and Plantsbrook Nature Reserve.
Until recently there was a 1950s disused nuclear bunker (http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/w/wylde_green/index.html) that would have played a key role in the control of the Birmingham area in the event of a nuclear attack by the Soviets.Template:UK-geo-stub