Roughley

Over half of Roughley Ward is attractive Green Belt countryside, including arable and dairy farms, historic field boundaries survive with mature hedgerows and woodlands.

Roughley Ward includes the Moor Hall Estate, containing Moor Hall Farm House, (listed grade II*), dating from the late fourteenth century, which was the birthplace of John Vesey, Bishop of Exeter (born circa 1462), who became the great benefactor of Sutton Coldfield through his connections with King Henry VIII.

The estate also includes Moor Hall Hotel upon the site of the former mansion built by John Vesey for his own occupation, and there is also a golf course and exclusive housing.

Roughley Ward includes the Harvest Fields development, built by Barratt Homes and Crest Nicholson at the start of the twenty-first century, with several hundred homes arranged around a small park containing a community centre and nursery school, together with an access to Little Sutton Primary School.

Four Oaks railway train station is approximately one mile from the Harvest Fields development in Roughley.

Mitchell Centre with independent shops, bistro and art gallery, in Roughley, Sutton Coldfield.
Chase Farm, Roughley, with a shop, cafe, and play facilities. Livestock includes the award-winning Roughley Limousin herd, goats and chickens. A family business linked to the renowned butcher and farmer, Walter Smith
Looking towards Lichfield from Hillwood Road, Roughley.
Dramatic sky over the fields of Roughley, Sutton Coldfield.
Dramatic sky over the fields of Roughley, Sutton Coldfield.
Moor Hall, Sutton Coldfield, within Roughley Ward, on the site of the former mansion built by Bishop Vesey in the sixteenth century for his own occupation.
Poppy fields near Wheatmoor Farm, within the ward of Roughley, Sutton Coldfield
Poppy fields near Wheatmoor Farm, within the ward of Roughley, Sutton Coldfield