8 road miles from Birmingham

Repairs in Sutton Coldfield

Sutton has several distinct retail centres rather than one. The Parade and Gracechurch are conventional town-centre retail; Mere Green and Boldmere are affluent independent parades where a frontage is a marketing decision as much as a practical one — more frameless glass, more considered signage, more willingness to spend on finish. Planning sits with Birmingham City Council rather than a Sutton authority, which occasionally surprises people.