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class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midlands_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oldbury is located in West Midlands county"><img alt="Oldbury is located in West Midlands county" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/West_Midlands_UK_location_map.svg/240px-West_Midlands_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/West_Midlands_UK_location_map.svg/360px-West_Midlands_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/West_Midlands_UK_location_map.svg/480px-West_Midlands_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="974" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:50%;left:24.89%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Oldbury"><img alt="Oldbury" 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NeighbourhoodStatistics-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=52.505196~-2.017635&lvl=13&sp=Point.52.505196_-2.017635_Oldbury&sty=s&style=s">SO989897</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Metropolitan borough</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output 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places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_West_Midlands_(county)" title="List of places in West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&params=52.505_N_2.0159_W_region:GB_type:city(25488)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°30′18″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°00′57″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.505°N 2.0159°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.505; -2.0159</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Oldbury</b> is a market town in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sandwell" title="Sandwell">Sandwell</a>, in the county of the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a>, England. It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2011">2011 census</a>, the town had a population of 13,606,<sup id="cite_ref-NeighbourhoodStatistics_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NeighbourhoodStatistics-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, which defines Oldbury Town as consisting of the wards of Bristnall, Langley, Oldbury, and Old Warley,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> gave the population as 50,641 in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The place name Oldbury comes from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> 'Ealdenbyrig', – signifying that Oldbury was old even in early English times over 1,000 years ago. <i>Eald</i> being Old English for 'old', <i>Byrig</i> is the plural of '<a href="/wiki/Burh" title="Burh">burh</a>' in Old English – a burh being a fortification or fortified town.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Evolution_of_Worcestershire_county_boundaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries">Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire" title="History of Worcestershire">History of Worcestershire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shropshire_(Detached)" title="Shropshire (Detached)">Shropshire (Detached)</a></div> <p>Oldbury was part of the <a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">ancient parish</a> of <a href="/wiki/Halesowen_(ancient_parish)" class="mw-redirect" title="Halesowen (ancient parish)">Halesowen</a>, a detached part of <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries" title="Dissolution of the monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> gave Hales Owen manor including Oldbury to <a href="/wiki/John_Dudley,_1st_Duke_of_Northumberland" title="John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland">Sir John Dudley</a>. In 1555, Sir John's son Robert sold most of Hales Owen manor but retained Oldbury and Langley which became a separate manor. Thus <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dudley,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester" title="Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester">Sir Robert Dudley</a> became the first Lord of the Manor of Oldbury. Oldbury manor was held by several families thereafter with the land gradually being sold off and the manorial functions dispersed. The last Lord of Oldbury Manor was <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Allan_Fraser" title="Patrick Allan Fraser">Patrick Allan Fraser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9</i> describes Oldbury as a village in Shropshire with close trade and manufacturing links to Dudley and Stourbridge. It notes the importance of the iron trade with its "considerable blast furnaces, for making pig iron" and states "there are also steel works; and coal and iron-stone abound in the vicinity". Mention is made of a debtors' prison, and a court-house which held a fortnightly <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Requests" title="Court of Requests">Court of Requests</a> for recovery of debts not exceeding five pounds.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first branch of <a href="/wiki/Lloyds_Bank_(historic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lloyds Bank (historic)">Lloyds Bank</a> was opened in Oldbury in 1864. The branch was founded to serve fellow Quakers Arthur Albright and John Wilson's local chemical factory. The original building survives, but the Lloyds bank branch closed around 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oldbury,_old_town_hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1346099.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Oldbury%2C_old_town_hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1346099.jpg/220px-Oldbury%2C_old_town_hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1346099.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Oldbury%2C_old_town_hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1346099.jpg/330px-Oldbury%2C_old_town_hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1346099.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Oldbury%2C_old_town_hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1346099.jpg/440px-Oldbury%2C_old_town_hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1346099.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The old <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Buildings,_Oldbury" title="Municipal Buildings, Oldbury">Municipal Buildings</a></figcaption></figure> <p>By the <a href="/wiki/Counties_(Detached_Parts)_Act_1844" title="Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844">Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844</a>, Oldbury was reincorporated into <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a> after a nine-hundred-year absence. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oldbury_Municipal_Borough_Coat_of_Arms.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Oldbury_Municipal_Borough_Coat_of_Arms.png/150px-Oldbury_Municipal_Borough_Coat_of_Arms.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Oldbury_Municipal_Borough_Coat_of_Arms.png/225px-Oldbury_Municipal_Borough_Coat_of_Arms.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Oldbury_Municipal_Borough_Coat_of_Arms.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="331" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of the former Municipal Borough of Oldbury</figcaption></figure> <p>Oldbury was formerly a <a href="/wiki/Township_(England)" title="Township (England)">township</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chapelry" title="Chapelry">chapelry</a> in the parish of Halesowen,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1866 Oldbury became a separate <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1894, Oldbury became an <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">Urban District</a>, based at the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Buildings,_Oldbury" title="Municipal Buildings, Oldbury">Municipal Buildings</a> and in 1935 the area gained <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Borough">Municipal Borough</a>-status. Oldbury council built several thousand houses, flats and bungalows for 40 years from 1893 until its disbandment, the 1,000th of which was completed in 1933 at Wallace Road near the border with <a href="/wiki/Rowley_Regis" title="Rowley Regis">Rowley Regis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 April 1966 the district was abolished and merged with the <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Smethwick" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough of Smethwick">County Borough of Smethwick</a> and the Municipal Borough of Rowley Regis to form the <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Warley" title="County Borough of Warley">County Borough of Warley</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-HistoryOfOldbury_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HistoryOfOldbury-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> part also went to the Municipal Borough of Halesowen and the <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_West_Bromwich" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough of West Bromwich">County Borough of West Bromwich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parish was also abolished on 1 April 1966 to form <a href="/wiki/Warley,_West_Midlands" title="Warley, West Midlands">Warley</a>, part also went to Halesowen and <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich" title="West Bromwich">West Bromwich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1961 the parish had a population of 53,948.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, Oldbury became part of the new <a href="/wiki/Sandwell" title="Sandwell">Sandwell</a> Metropolitan Borough (a merger between the county boroughs of <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich" title="West Bromwich">West Bromwich</a> and Warley), and was transferred from Worcestershire into the new <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a> Metropolitan County. Since 1986, after the abolition of the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_County_Council" title="West Midlands County Council">West Midlands County Council</a>, Sandwell effectively became a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a>. Sandwell Council's headquarters are in Oldbury town centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Industry_and_commerce">Industry and commerce</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Industry and commerce"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town has seen a large expansion in retail since 1980. In October 1980, <a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s" title="Sainsbury's">J<span class="nowrap"> </span>Sainsbury</a> opened one of its first <a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s_SavaCentre" class="mw-redirect" title="Sainsbury's SavaCentre">SavaCentre</a> <a href="/wiki/Hypermarket" title="Hypermarket">hypermarkets</a> in Oldbury town centre.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty years later, it was rebranded as a traditional Sainsbury's store as the SavaCentre side of the business was phased out. A <a href="/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us" title="Toys "R" Us">Toys "R" Us</a> superstore at Birchley Island opened in October 1988 but the retail chain went out of business in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oldbury Green Retail Park was built next to the town's ring road in the mid-1990s. Homebase relocated there from its 1980s purpose-built store, which <a href="/wiki/Gala_Bingo" title="Gala Bingo">Gala Bingo</a> subsequently took over. </p><p>Due to the socio-economics of Sandwell, the area has a number of social housing organisations such as <a href="/wiki/Black_Country_Housing_Group" title="Black Country Housing Group">Black Country Housing Group</a> which has been operating in Sandwell since its relocation from <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> in the 1980s. </p><p>In October 2013, the commercial radio station <a href="/wiki/Free_Radio_Shropshire_%26_Black_Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country">Free Radio</a> moved its local operations for the Black Country and Shropshire from Wolverhampton to new studios at Black Country House.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport_links">Transport links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Transport links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Oldbury,_West_Midlands" title="Special:EditPage/Oldbury, West Midlands">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For over thirty years, there were three railway stations in the parish with the name Oldbury; only one is still open, but under a new name. The surviving one, on the <a href="/wiki/Stour_Valley_Line" title="Stour Valley Line">Stour Valley Line</a> at Bromford Road, has existed since the 1850s. It was originally called Oldbury & Bromford Lane, then Oldbury, and since 1984, <a href="/wiki/Sandwell_%26_Dudley_railway_station" title="Sandwell & Dudley railway station">Sandwell & Dudley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second nearest railway station to the centre of Oldbury is <a href="/wiki/Langley_Green_railway_station" title="Langley Green railway station">Langley Green</a> on the Stourbridge Extension Line, now the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_to_Worcester_via_Kidderminster_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line">Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line</a>. It opened in April 1867 and was originally called Langley Green & Rood End, until a short half-mile long branch line, the Oldbury Railway, was linked to the station with its own (third) platform; this opened in November 1884 and the station was renamed Oldbury & Langley Green.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Oldbury Railway, which also linked to <a href="/wiki/Albright_and_Wilson" title="Albright and Wilson">Albright and Wilson</a>, had both a passenger station, named <a href="/wiki/Oldbury_railway_station" title="Oldbury railway station">Oldbury</a>, on Halesowen Road; and a goods station, at the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Canal_Navigations" title="Birmingham Canal Navigations">Birmingham Canal Navigations</a> wharf in Oldbury. Passenger services ran to Oldbury station until March 1915; and the line closed completely other than as a freight line for Albright and Wilson. All traces of its <a href="/wiki/Viaduct" title="Viaduct">viaduct</a> and embankment beyond Tat Bank Road were destroyed in 1964 when the <a href="/wiki/M5_motorway" title="M5 motorway">M5 motorway</a> was built. A short stub of the line to Oldbury remained in situ but out of use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The M5 motorway runs through the town on an elevated section supported by <a href="/wiki/Reinforced_concrete" title="Reinforced concrete">reinforced concrete</a> pillars. Access is from junction 2. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/A4123_road" title="A4123 road">A4123</a> Birmingham to Wolverhampton dual carriageway runs just to west of the town centre. It provides a link from the Hagley Road near Harborne, Birmingham and runs north-westerly via Causeway Green to Birchley Island (M5 junction 2) and on through <a href="/wiki/Tividale" title="Tividale">Tividale</a> to Burnt Tree Junction where it becomes the Birmingham New Road. The road took three years to complete and was opened by the <a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">Prince of Wales</a> on 2 November 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-Daniels_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daniels-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 21">: 21 </span></sup> </p><p>Buses run from Oldbury town centre to <a href="/wiki/Bearwood,_West_Midlands" title="Bearwood, West Midlands">Bearwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_city_centre" title="Birmingham city centre">Birmingham city centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre" title="Merry Hill Shopping Centre">Merry Hill Shopping Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich" title="West Bromwich">West Bromwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walsall" title="Walsall">Walsall</a>, The majority of the services are operated by <a href="/wiki/National_Express_West_Midlands" title="National Express West Midlands">National Express West Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diamond_West_Midlands" title="Diamond West Midlands">Diamond Bus</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canal">Canal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Canal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/James_Brindley" title="James Brindley">James Brindley</a>'s original <a href="/wiki/BCN_Main_Line" title="BCN Main Line">Birmingham Canal</a> was cut south of Oldbury town centre in 1768.<sup id="cite_ref-Daniels_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daniels-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 35">: 35 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_West_Midlands" title="BBC West Midlands">BBC West Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">ITV Central</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_transmitting_station" title="Sutton Coldfield transmitting station">Sutton Coldfield</a> TV transmitter. <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_WM" title="BBC Radio WM">BBC Radio WM</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Shropshire" title="BBC Radio Shropshire">BBC Radio Shropshire</a> can also be received, <a href="/wiki/Heart_West_Midlands" title="Heart West Midlands">Heart West Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smooth_West_Midlands" title="Smooth West Midlands">Smooth West Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Black_Country_%26_Shropshire" title="Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire">Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Birmingham_%26_The_West_Midlands" title="Greatest Hits Radio Birmingham & The West Midlands">Greatest Hits Radio Birmingham & The West Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Black_Country_%26_Shropshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire">Greatest Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire</a> and Black Country Radio, a community based station. <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town is served by the local newspaper, <i><a href="/wiki/Express_%26_Star" title="Express & Star">Express & Star</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Neighbourhoods">Neighbourhoods</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Neighbourhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bristnall Fields is a residential area centred on the roundabout where Pound Road, Moat Road, Bristnall Hall Road, George Road and Brandhall Road meet. There is a post office, the Plough Inn and neighbourhood shops and services. Brandhall Allotments are off Brandhall Road. <a href="/wiki/Oldbury_Academy" title="Oldbury Academy">Oldbury Academy</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Salvation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvation Army">Salvation Army</a> Church and Community Centre are on Pound Road.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brades_Village" title="Brades Village">Brades Village</a> is an area of established housing and industry near the border with Tipton.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandhall" title="Brandhall">Brandhall</a> is a residential area in the south of Oldbury that began to be developed in the 1930s.</li> <li>Causeway Green is a residential and commercial area where Causeway Green Road and Pound Road cross the Wolverhampton New Road. Local facilities include a post office/newsagent, convenience store, chemist, fast food outlets, a restaurant and a <a href="/wiki/Micropub" title="Micropub">micropub</a>. A car dealership is on Wolverhampton New Road; opposite is an <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Army Reserve</a> Centre. Brandhall Golf Course off Heron Road dated from 1906 but closed in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Housing on Old College Drive was built on a Sandwell College site. The <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Dispensary_for_Sick_Animals" title="People's Dispensary for Sick Animals">People's Dispensary for Sick Animals</a> (PDSA) opened a pet hospital on St Matthews Road in July 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Causeway Green Methodist Church on Penncricket Lane opened in 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hill Top is a residential area surrounding Langley (Hill Top) Reservoir and the 225 metres (738 ft) high Warley Hill. <a href="/wiki/Bristnall_Hall_Academy" title="Bristnall Hall Academy">Bristnall Hall Academy</a> and Moat Farm Infants School are in the locality. Salop Drive Market Garden is a 3 acres (1 ha) working market garden and local food project operated by <i>Ideal for All</i> a registered charity for disabled and disadvantaged people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley_Green,_West_Midlands" title="Langley Green, West Midlands">Langley Green</a> is a residential area to the south of the town centre.</li> <li>Lion Farm is a large <a href="/wiki/Social_housing" class="mw-redirect" title="Social housing">social housing</a> estate built in the early to late 1960s in the south-west of the town, near the border with Rowley Regis.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The estate had nine tower blocks, but only three remain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Londonderry,_West_Midlands" title="Londonderry, West Midlands">Londonderry</a> is residential area in the south-east of the town, straddling the border with Smethwick. It is home to the <a href="/wiki/Sandwell_Aquatics_Centre" title="Sandwell Aquatics Centre">Sandwell Aquatic Centre</a>.</li> <li>Oldbury town centre is the historic heart from which the former <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">urban district</a> and borough developed.</li> <li>Rood End is an Edwardian and late-Victorian residential area in the east of the town, near the border with Smethwick.</li> <li>Titford is a mainly residential area 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Oldbury town centre. The <a href="/wiki/Titford_Canal" title="Titford Canal">Titford Canal</a> terminates at Titford Pool in the Titford Pools Urban Reserve Park. In 2015, Aldi opened a supermarket on Wolverhampton Road,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> opposite an ASDA.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warley,_West_Midlands" title="Warley, West Midlands">Warley</a> is an area of mostly private housing 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south-east of Oldbury town centre, bordered to the south by <a href="/wiki/Quinton,_Birmingham" title="Quinton, Birmingham">Quinton, Birmingham</a>.</li> <li>Whiteheath, also known as Whiteheath Gate, is a residential area along the A4034 road south of Birchley Island between Blackheath ward and Langley ward. Coal mining and brickmaking took place here from around 1850 to 1920. An explosion at Ramrod Hall colliery in 1856 resulted in eleven deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schools">Schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town has the following secondary schools:<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristnall_Hall_Academy" title="Bristnall Hall Academy">Bristnall Hall Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldbury_Academy" title="Oldbury Academy">Oldbury Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ormiston_Sandwell_Community_Academy" title="Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy">Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perryfields_Academy" title="Perryfields Academy">Perryfields Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q3_Academy_Langley" title="Q3 Academy Langley">Q3 Academy Langley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_open_spaces">Parks and open spaces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parks and open spaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Barnford Hill Park off Moat Road in Langley Green was opened in 1916 on land presented to the Borough of Oldbury by Mr W. A. Albright of chemical manufacturer, <a href="/wiki/Albright_and_Wilson" title="Albright and Wilson">Albright and Wilson</a>. The park's elevated position gives views to the north and west over the Black Country.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a small outcrop of <a href="/wiki/Puddingstone_(rock)" title="Puddingstone (rock)">pudding stone</a>, whose pebbles are mainly of encrinal limestone.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The park holds a <a href="/wiki/Green_Flag_Award" title="Green Flag Award">Green Flag Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is designated one of the borough's nine flagship parks by Sandwell Council.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has an area of 34 hectares (84 acres) and features a pergola, hedge maze and rose garden. Facilities include a skateboarding ramp, multi-sports court, exercise equipment, children's play areas, football pitches, a pavilion and car parking. The park formerly catered for crown green bowling, tennis and putting.<sup id="cite_ref-2017plan_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2017plan-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The land for Langley Park was donated by Arthur Albright in 1886.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tividale Park is a park in Tividale, which is near the border of Oldbury.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broadwell Park features outdoor exercise equipment and fitness stations, as well as a small stream.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oldbury_Borough_archives_collection">Oldbury Borough archives collection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Oldbury Borough archives collection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The archives for the Borough of Oldbury are held at <a href="/wiki/Sandwell_Community_History_and_Archives_Service" title="Sandwell Community History and Archives Service">Sandwell Community History and Archives Service</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldbury,_West_Midlands&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sadlers rose to become an eminent family in Oldbury during the nineteenth century. Notable figures included <a href="/wiki/John_Sadler_(1820%E2%80%931910)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Sadler (1820–1910)">John Sadler (1820–1910)</a> ('the Grand Old Man of Oldbury') and Sir <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Alexander_Sadler" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Alexander Sadler">Samuel Alexander Sadler</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Willott,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Willott, Jr.">Joseph Willott, Jr.</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a>, was born in Oldbury in 1855. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Whitehouse" title="Cornelius Whitehouse">Cornelius Whitehouse</a> (1795–1883) inventor of lap-welded wrought iron tube was born in Oldbury.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mick_Aston" title="Mick Aston">Mick Aston</a>, archaeologist and star of the TV programme <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Team" title="Time Team">Time Team</a></i>, was born in Oldbury and attended <a href="/wiki/Langley_High_School_(Oldbury)" class="mw-redirect" title="Langley High School (Oldbury)">Oldbury Grammar School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Martin_Elliott_(photographer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Elliott (photographer)">Martin Elliott</a> (1946–2010), the photographer best known for the iconic poster "<a href="/wiki/Tennis_Girl" title="Tennis Girl">Tennis Girl</a>", was born in Oldbury and attended <a href="/wiki/Langley_High_School,_Oldbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Langley High School, Oldbury">Oldbury Grammar School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oldbury is the birthplace of Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Frederick_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="John Frederick Bridge">John Frederick Bridge</a>, who was a famous organist, composer and author. He was known as "Westminster Bridge" because of his long stint as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Westminster_Abbey_organists" title="List of Westminster Abbey organists">organist at Westminster Abbey</a> (1882–1919). He composed special music for Queen Victoria's Jubilee and King Edward VII's coronation, in addition to other choral, instrumental and organ music. His brother <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cox_Bridge" title="Joseph Cox Bridge">Joseph Cox Bridge</a> was also an organist, composer and author, becoming well known for his recorder compositions. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jack_Judge" title="Jack Judge">Jack Judge</a> (1872–1938), the songwriter and music-hall entertainer best remembered for writing the song "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Long_Way_to_Tipperary" title="It's a Long Way to Tipperary">It's a Long Way to Tipperary</a>", was born in Oldbury. Jack Judge House, built in 2010 on Halesowen Street, housed Oldbury library<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until 2021<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is home to the Black Country Coroner's Court. </p><p>In his early years, the comedian <a href="/wiki/Frank_Skinner" title="Frank Skinner">Frank Skinner</a> lived in Oldbury at 181 Bristnall Hall Road.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended Moat Farm Infants School, <a href="/wiki/St_Hubert" class="mw-redirect" title="St Hubert">St Hubert</a>'s Roman Catholic Junior School and <a href="/wiki/Warley_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Warley High School">Oldbury Technical School</a>, and has been a TV comedian since the late 1980s. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Stimpson" title="Jodie Stimpson">Jodie Stimpson</a>, the British triathlete was born in Oldbury in 1989 and attended <a href="/wiki/Warley_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Warley High School">Warley High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She won Gold in the Individual and Team Relay Triathlon at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Connection with Oldbury needs reliable source (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgbaston" title="Edgbaston">Edgbaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdington" title="Erdington">Erdington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gornal,_West_Midlands" title="Gornal, West Midlands">Gornal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingswinford" title="Kingswinford">Kingswinford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowle,_West_Midlands" title="Knowle, West Midlands">Knowle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longbridge" title="Longbridge">Longbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherton,_West_Midlands" title="Netherton, West Midlands">Netherton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oldbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelsall" title="Pelsall">Pelsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensnett" title="Pensnett">Pensnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quarry_Bank" title="Quarry Bank">Quarry Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowley_Regis" title="Rowley Regis">Rowley Regis</a></li> <li><a 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Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smestow_Brook" title="Smestow Brook">Smestow Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Sherbourne" title="River Sherbourne">River Sherbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Sow" title="River Sow">River Sow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Sowe" title="River Sowe">River Sowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Stour,_Worcestershire" title="River Stour, Worcestershire">River Stour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Tame,_West_Midlands" title="River Tame, West Midlands">River Tame</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Canals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Canal_Navigations" title="Birmingham Canal Navigations">Birmingham Canal Navigations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Union_Canal" title="Shropshire Union Canal">Shropshire Union Canal</a></li> <li><a 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conurbation">West Midlands conurbation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Combined_Authority" title="West Midlands Combined Authority">West Midlands Combined Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_the_West_Midlands" title="Mayor of the West Midlands">Mayor of the West Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Police" title="West Midlands Police">West Midlands Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="x15px&#124;link=History_of_local_government_in_England&#124;alt=_History_of_local_government_districts_in_Worcestershire" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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style="width:1%">Ancient boroughs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvechurch" title="Alvechurch">Alvechurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bewdley" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadway,_Worcestershire" title="Broadway, Worcestershire">Broadway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton-upon-Teme" class="mw-redirect" title="Clifton-upon-Teme">Clifton-upon-Teme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Droitwich" class="mw-redirect" title="Droitwich">Droitwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evesham" title="Evesham">Evesham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster">Kidderminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldbury,_Worcestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldbury, Worcestershire">Oldbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pershore" 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Incorporated boroughs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Bewdley" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Borough of Bewdley">Bewdley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipal_Borough_of_Droitwich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipal Borough of Droitwich (page does not exist)">Droitwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Dudley" title="County Borough of Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipal_Borough_of_Evesham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipal Borough of Evesham (page does not exist)">Evesham</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipal_Borough_of_Halesowen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipal Borough of Halesowen (page does not exist)">Halesowen</a></li> <li><a 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