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# 2015 Istanbul Open

The 2015 Istanbul Open (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open for sponsorship purposes) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2015 ATP World Tour. It was the first edition of the Istanbul Open, and an ATP World Tour 250 event. It took place at the Koza World of Sports Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 April through 3 May 2015. First-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title.

## Finals
### Singles

Roger Federer defeated Pablo Cuevas, 6–3, 7–6$^{(13–11)}$
* It was Federer's 3rd singles title of the year and the 85th of his career.

### Doubles

Radu Albot / Dušan Lajović defeated Robert Lindstedt / Jürgen Melzer, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$

## Singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 2 | 1 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 11 | 2 |
| URU | Pablo Cuevas | 23 | 3 |
| COL | Santiago Giraldo | 31 | 4 |
| AUT | Andreas Haider-Maurer | 47 | 5 |
| KAZ | Mikhail Kukushkin | 54 | 6 |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 57 | 7 |
| ARG | Diego Schwartzman | 61 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of April 20, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Nikoloz Basilashvili
* Cem İlkel
* Andrey Rublev
The following players received entry via the qualifying draw:
* Teymuraz Gabashvili
* Blaž Kavčič
* Thanasi Kokkinakis
* Aleksandr Nedovyesov

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Paolo Lorenzi →replaced by Ivan Dodig
* Juan Mónaco →replaced by Daniel Gimeno-Traver

### Retirements

* Steve Darcis

## Doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 69 | 1 |
| AUT | Oliver Marach | AUT | Philipp Oswald | 98 | 2 |
| AUS | Chris Guccione | BRA | André Sá | 100 | 3 |
| CRO | Mate Pavić | NZL | Michael Venus | 124 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of April 20, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Tuna Altuna / Nikoloz Basilashvili
* Marsel İlhan / Cem İlkel
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Fedor Chervyakov / Mark Fynn

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Steve Darcis
# Ivan Shopov

Ivan Shopov may refer to:
* Ivan Shopov (musician) (born 1982), Bulgarian music producer, DJ and graphic artist
* Ivan Shopov (curler) (born 1966), Bulgarian wheelchair curler
# 2015 Challenger Pulcra Lachiter Biella – Doubles

Italians Marco Cecchinato and Matteo Viola were the defending champions, but they did not participate this year.
Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo won the tournament, defeating Alexandru-Daniel Carpen and Dino Marcan in the final, 7–5, 1–6, [10–8].

## Seeds

* César Ramírez / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela (quarterfinals)
* James Cerretani / Costin Pavăl (semifinals)
* Andrej Martin / Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (champions)
* Alexandru-Daniel Carpen / Dino Marcan (final)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | C Ramírez MÁ Reyes-Varela | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Fransen N Kicker | 3 | 3 | | 1 | C Ramírez MÁ Reyes-Varela | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Bozoljac S Napolitano | 6 | 6 | | | I Bozoljac S Napolitano | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | F Neis P Sousa | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | I Bozoljac S Napolitano | 6$^3$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Martin H Podlipnik-Castillo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | A Martin H Podlipnik-Castillo | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| WC | S Caruso L Sonego | 2 | 4 | | 3 | A Martin H Podlipnik-Castillo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Giannessi A Motti | 4 | 7 | [8] | WC | M Bortolotti G Quinzi | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Bortolotti G Quinzi | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Martin H Podlipnik-Castillo | 7 | 1 | [10] |
| | H Dellien J Hernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A-D Carpen D Marcan | 5 | 6 | [8] |
| | G Panfil J Peralta | 1 | 4 | | | H Dellien J Hernández | 5 | 7 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bellotti D Novak | 4 | 1 | | 4 | A-D Carpen D Marcan | 7 | 5 | [13] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Alexandru-Daniel Carpen D Marcan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | A-D Carpen D Marcan | 7 | 4 | [12] | | | | | |
| | T Brkić F Coria | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | J Cerretani C Pavăl | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| | G Naso Matteo Volante | 6 | 6 | | | G Naso M Volante | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Galović Filippo Leonardi | 1 | 4 | | 2 | J Cerretani C Pavăl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Cerretani C Pavăl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
# CFIG Arena

CFIG Arena is a football stadium in Pardubice, Czech Republic. It is the home stadium of FK Pardubice. It has a capacity of 4,620 seats.

## History

The stadium was built in 1930–1931. In May 1931 stadium was opened by the first Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Formerly known as Letní stadion, it was a multi-purpose stadium until 1968, then it served only for football and American football. Stadium capacity from the original 15,000 spectators dropped to just 1,000 spectators.

## Present

In 2021–2023, the stadium was completely reconstructed to meet the criteria for the Czech First League. The stadium was formally renamed to CFIG Arena for sponsorship reasons, but unofficially it is called Arnošt Košťál Stadium.
The first match to take place at the stadium was the Czech First League match on 4 January 2023, with Pardubice hosting Slavia Prague. The hosts won 2–0.
# Ivan Smirnov

Ivan Smirnov may refer to:
* Ivan Smirnov (politician) (1881–1936), Russian revolutionary
* Ivan Fyodorovich Smirnov [ru; uk] (1885–1919), Russian revolutionary, Bolshevik
* Ivan Smirnov (aviator) (1895–1956), Russian pilot
* Ivan Smirnov (guitar player) (1955–2018), Russian guitarist
* Ivan Smirnov (cyclist) (born 1999), Russian cyclist
# Olavo Yépez

Olavo Yépez Obando (20 August 1937 – 17 May 2021) was an Ecuadorian chess master.
He was born in San Gabriel in the Carchi province of Ecuador. Yépez won the Ecuadorian Chess Championship at Pichincha 1962, took 9th at Mar del Plata 1962 (Torneo Latino-americano, Raimundo García won), tied for 3rd–6th at Havana 1966 (Pan American Chess Championship, Eleazar Jiménez won), played at Caracas 1967 (zonal, Miguel Cuéllar won), took 2nd, behind Silvino Garcia Martinez, at Santa Clara 1968, shared 1st with Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera at Quito/Guayaquil 1969 (zonal), took 15th at Caracas 1970 (Oscar Panno, Leonid Stein and Lubomir Kavalek won), took 3rd at Caracas 1973 (Kenneth Frey Beckman won), and took 2nd, behind Jorge Rubinetti, at Quito 1975.
Olavo Yépez played thrice for Ecuador in Chess Olympiads (Tel Aviv 1964, Havana 1966, and Nice 1974) at first board.
He was awarded the International Master title in 1969.
He died of cancer on 17 May 2021, at the age of 83.
# Olavsfestdagene

Olavsfestdagene (initiated 1962 under the name Olavsdagene) is a church and cultural festival held in Trondheim around Olsok every year.

## Background

During the festival more than 300 events with 800 international and Norwegian artists are presented (2005). The events take place at venues throughout the city, like Nidaros Cathedral, Olavshallen, The Norwegian Freemasonry, Vår Frue kirke, Rica Nidelven Arena and on the outdoor stage in Borggården at Erkebispegården and Torvet (the marked place). Orchestras, bands, soloists, choirs, opera and actors perform for a visitors and residents audience. There are also historical markets with games, jugglers and trade in the courtyard, and a plethora of activities for children and youth, including treasure hunts, music workshop and stone carving. Other events are jousting, exhibitions, church services, courses, lectures and pilgrimage program. Every night during Olavsfestdagene Jazzvaka is also held at the Kjeller’n in Olavskvartalet.
In 2015 the Olavsfestdagene takes place in the period July 28 - August 2, and are visited by the international artist Sting.

## History

Olavsfestdagenes is historically anchored in the veneration of Olaf II of Norway. Today's festival is a continuation of the tradition of Olavsdagene, which started in 1962. Pilgrims from many countries choose to visit Nidaros Cathedral during the festival. Olavsfestdagene is one out of four junction festivals (knutepunktfestivaler) with national status in Norway, and has the task of ensuring the church fete celebration in Nidaros Cathedral and the worship of Olav.
Randi Wenche Haugen was festival director from August 11, 2008 to August 31, 2013. Petter Myhr, former director at the popular music museum Rockheim, replaced her in a fixed term position September 1, 2013.
# 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament

The 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament was an under-18 international ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Bratislava, Slovakia from 10 to 15 August 2015.

## Preliminary round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 0 | Seventh place game |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 0 | Seventh place game |

## Final standings

| Rk. | Team |
| | Canada |
| | Sweden |
| | Russia |
| 4. | Finland |
| 5. | United States |
| 6. | Czech Republic |
| 7. | Switzerland |
| 8. | Slovakia |
# CEBR

CEBR may refer to
* Centre for Economics and Business Research
* Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway
# Oia, Spain

Oia is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous community of Galicia, in Spain. It is situated in the comarca of O Baixo Miño. The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Oia is located in Oia.
# Ivar Jørgensen

Ivar Jørgensen (31 May 1877 – 24 February 1956) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.
He was born at Langstrand in Sørøysund, son of teacher Johannes Jørgensen (1850–1892) and Beret Martha Buvik (1855–1935). He went to sea at the age of fifteen, took lower education in Kristiania and was a construction and factory laborer in Kristiania and Furnes until 1902. In 1902 he was hired in a dairy, and in 1909 he became co-owner of the dairy Fortuna Meieri. From 1916 to 1935 he was an inspector and office manager in the housing rental division of Oslo. From 1935 he was a manager of Krohgstøttens Sykehus.
He was also a city council member in Kristiania from 1907 to 1922, and deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the terms 1913–1915, 1916–1918 and 1919–1921. He was a board member of Kristiania Labour Party from 1906 to 1921, and also a supervisory council member of the Labour Party until 1921. He was also active in the temperance movement.
He died in February 1956 and was buried at Nordre gravlund.
# 2015 Marburg Open

The 2015 Marburg Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Marburg, Germany between 29 June and 5 July 2015.

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| JPN | Taro Daniel | 125 | 1 |
| FRA | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 127 | 2 |
| UZB | Farrukh Dustov | 132 | 3 |
| KAZ | Andrey Golubev | 135 | 4 |
| ESP | Íñigo Cervantes | 144 | 5 |
| EST | Jürgen Zopp | 157 | 6 |
| ARG | Renzo Olivo | 158 | 7 |
| GER | Tobias Kamke | 161 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of June 22, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Daniel Brands
* Jan Choinski
* Julian Lenz
* Daniel Masur
The following players gained entry into the Main Draw as a special exempt:
* Rogério Dutra Silva
The following players used protected ranking to gain entry into the Main Draw:
* Pere Riba
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Arthur De Greef
* Evgeny Donskoy
* Mikhail Ledovskikh
* Jan Šátral
The following players gained entry into the Main Draw as a lucky loser:
* Lorenzo Giustino

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| NED | Wesley Koolhof | NED | Matwé Middelkoop | 229 | 1 |
| CZE | Roman Jebavý | CZE | Jan Šátral | 229 | 2 |
| PHI | Ruben Gonzales | RSA | Ruan Roelofse | 246 | 3 |
| KAZ | Andrey Golubev | FRA | Alexandre Sidorenko | 255 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of June 22, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Jan Beusch / Lazar Magdinčev
* Jan Choinski / Jannis Kahlke
* Yannick Hanfmann / Julian Lenz

## Champions
### Singles

* Iñigo Cervantes def. Nils Langer 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3

### Doubles

* Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop def. Tobias Kamke / Simon Stadler 6–1, 7–5
# Iven

Iven is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

## Notable residents

* Georg Detlev von Flemming (1699–1771), Saxon-Polish general
# Aulospora

Aulospora is a genus of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis). This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Aulospora epimyces.
# Asaphobelis

Asaphobelis is a monotypic genus of Brazilian jumping spiders containing the single species, Asaphobelis physonychus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902, and is only found in Brazil.
# Bober (disambiguation)

Bober may refer to:
* German name of Bóbr river
* Bober (surname)
* Johann von Böber (1746-1820), German teacher, entomologist and botanist
* Bober (drone), a Ukrainian long-range loitering munition
# Bondepartiet

The name Bondepartiet (Farmers' Party) can refer to:
* The name of Norway's Centre Party until 1959
* Farmers' Party, a Danish political party, founded in 1934 and dissolved in 1945
# Aram Shelton

Aram Shelton is an American composer, improviser and musician (primarily an alto saxophonist, but also playing other single-reed woodwinds), based in Oakland, California. His music has been compared to that of Eric Dolphy, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp, and Albert Ayler.
Originally from southeast Florida, Shelton first studied Western classical music, and received a degree in music from the University of Florida. By his own account he experienced "an epiphany" at a performance by Sam Rivers that moved him in the direction of contemporary jazz. After a brief stint in Washington, D.C., he moved to Chicago in 1999, where he gigged extensively in the local jazz and improvisational music scene. In 2005 he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to study at Mills College. He continues to have connections to the Chicago scene while also launching several Bay Area-based bands and participating heavily in the area's improvisational music scene.
He currently performs regularly in the Bay Area with the groups the Sound Quartet, the Broken Trap Ensemble, and his solo electroacoustic project Tonal Masher, where he uses feedback harnessed by the saxophone along with a custom made Max patcher. Past projects include Dragons 1976, Arrive, Rapid Croche, and Grey Ghost during his Chicago years, and Ton Trio, Cylinder, Flockterkit, and Son of Gunnar Ton of Shel in the Bay Area. Since moving to California, he has continued to perform or record at times with groups based in Chicago including his eponymous Quartet, Arrive, Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown and the Fast Citizens.
He has performed in many locations throughout North America and Europe with musicians including Larry Ochs, Mark Dresser, Tim Daisy, Ken Vandermark, Jason Ajemian, Josh Berman, Audrey Chen, Fred Lonberg-holm, Dave Rempis, Damon Smith, Steve Bernstein, Weasel Walter, Jason Roebke, Liz Albee, Rob Mazurek, Matt Bauder, Jessica Pavone, Fred Frith, Josh Abrams, Harris Eisenstadt, Jeb Bishop, Tim Perkis, Kevin Drumm, Jon Raskin, Frank Rosaly, Guillermo Gregorio, and Chris Brown. His work has been released on recordings from labels including 482 Music, Locust Music, MultiKulti, Edgetone, Delmark, and his own Singlespeed Music.
# Beretta Laramie

The Beretta Laramie is a single-action revolver produced by Beretta. It is modeled after the Smith & Wesson New Model 3.
The Laramie has an automatic safety on the hammer consisting of a sliding bar. After each shot, the bar automatically positions itself between the hammer and the frame, preventing accidental discharge. The bar also blocks the barrel releasing device and the rotation of the cylinder. The revolver can be transported safely when the hammer is in the half-cock notch, in this position the cylinder is able to rotate and the barrel can be opened for loading or unloading.
# 1997–98 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 1997–98 season was the 65th season in the existence of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Saint-Étienne participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| French Division 2 | 2 August 1997 | 8 May 1998 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 028.57 |
| Coupe de France | 29 November 1997 | 20 December 1997 | Seventh round | Eighth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 5 January 1998 | 5 January 1998 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 028.89 |
Source: Competitions

### French Division 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 15 | Nîmes | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 52 | |
| 16 | Beauvais | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 51 | |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 51 | |
| 18 | Wasquehal | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 51 | |
| 19 | Louhans-Cuiseaux (R) | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 49 | Relegation to Championnat National |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 2

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
# My First Holly Golightly Album

My First Holly Golightly Album is an album released by Holly Golightly in 2005.

## Track listing

* "Wherever You Were"
* "Directly From My Heart"
* "You Ain't No Big Thing"
* "Walk A Mile"
* "Won't Go Out"
* "Sally Go Round the Roses"
* "Your Love Is Mine"
* "Nothing You Can Say"
* "Black Night"
* "Mother Earth"
* "An Eye For An Empty Heart"
* "Further On Up The Road"
* "Run Cold"
* "Can't Stand To See Your Face"
* "Slowly But Surely"
* "My Love Is"
* "I Can't Stand It"
# Bloomsbury Set (band)

Bloomsbury Set was a British male vocal/instrumental pop group, consisting of the brothers Andy Lloyd (vocals) and Gary Lloyd (bass), plus Paul Faulkner (guitar), Jon Bates [keyboards], and Jim Simpson (drums). They had chart success with their single "Hanging Around with the Big Boys", released on the Stiletto label. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 25 June 1983, reaching #56. It was in the chart for three weeks. Another 1983 single featured two songs: "Dress Parade" and "Serenade". The songs were recorded in July of that year at Mayfair Studios and Comforts Place (Stiletto Records Ltd).
# Blythe Valley Park

Blythe Valley Park is a district of the town of Solihull in the West Midlands conurbation. It is adjacent to Junction 4 of the M42 motorway, on the A34 Stratford Road between the Monkspath district of Solihull, and the villages of Hockley Heath and Illshaw Heath. The district comprises a business park, mini village and nature reserve.

## History

The area was agricultural land administered by Sydenhale Farm, (named after the locally prominent Sydenhale family of Tanworth in Arden) until the late 1990s. After the death of the last landowner in 1984, the land was purchased by Solihull Council in preparation for development. Prior to this the land had been part of Hockley Heath parish, itself historically part of the parish of Tanworth-in-Arden.

## Blythe Valley Business Park

The first phase of the project began in 1999 and is now completed. The project is composed of two principal elements; a public park along the valley of the River Blythe and a business park. Because of the location of the site and its proximity to the motorway network and Birmingham Airport it was deemed prime land for office development. The development consists of large office blocks set in parkland, enjoying public footpaths and water fountains. The most apparent element of the development is the Blythe Bridge over the M42, which stands out amongst the functionalist motorway architecture. Junction 4 of the M42 was remodelled and altered to allow for direct access from the motorway.
The land around the business park has also seen further commercial development. On the other side of the A34 road next to the Blythe Valley Business Park is its sister site, the Fore Business Park.
In 2014 proposals were submitted for an eco-friendly service station on land opposite Blythe Valley at junction 4 of the M42. The proposal was ultimately rejected due to concerns of congestion, and the recent approval for construction of around 1000 homes on Blythe Valley Park.

## Blythe Valley Park Village

In 2020 construction began on a new 'mini village', including approval for 750 new properties. The first 100 homes were completed in 2021 and benefit from an electric pool car for short journeys, electric car charging points and cycle storage for up to 40 bikes. The new neighborhood also has an independent coffee house and a nursery. The homes are surrounded by 122 acres of parkland, and were built adjacent to a Virgin Active health club and spa. The residents have excellent road connections to the nearby settlements of Illshaw Heath, Hockley Heath and Monkspath.
There are further plans to build a 'community hub', which will have a pre-school, convenience store, shops and an additional 48 apartments. There are also plans for an 80 bed elderly care home facility.

## Blythe Valley Park Nature Reserve

The business park lies adjacent to a large protected nature reserve.