Sutton Coldfield, officially the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield is a civil parish and suburban town in Birmingham, England. The town lies about 7 miles (11 kilometres) northeast of Birmingham city centre and borders the areas of Little Aston and Erdington. Historically in Warwickshire, it became part of Birmingham and the new West Midlands metropolitan county in 1974. In 2015, the town elected a Parish/Town Council for the first time in its recent history.