Explore the industrial heart of the UK: Solihull City.

Solihull is a city in the West Midlands, about 10 miles from Birmingham city center and about 1.5 hours by car from London. The city is the core city of the Solihull metropolitan area, with a population of about 200,000. Solihull is known for its strong industrial base and reasonable industrial structure, with pillar industries including aerospace, automotive, biopharmaceuticals, and high-end manufacturing. The global R&D and production base of the famous car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover is located in Solihull, and the data services department of Rolls-Royce Aero Engines is also located in the city. Solihull has rich educational resources, with Solihull College's aerospace and high-end manufacturing programs being unique, and Solihull High School having a long history of nearly 460 years. In terms of transportation, Solihull is very convenient, with developed road and rail coverage, and is one of the important stations along the UK's important high-speed rail project (HS2), the Grand Union Canal flows through the city, and Birmingham Airport is also located here, radiating the whole of central England and connecting to the world. In addition, the Solihull plant is one of Jaguar Land Rover's three vehicle manufacturing plants in the UK, producing 24 hours a day to meet global demand for the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, and Discovery models. Over the past five years, more than £2 billion has been invested in the Solihull plant's infrastructure, which has Europe's largest aluminum body shop and the most advanced assembly hall, creating 2,200 jobs locally. The Solihull plant covers 300 acres and employs more than 10,700 people in car manufacturing.