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href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Dudley" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_(kondado)" title="Dudley (kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Dudley (kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwrdeistref_Fetropolitan_Dudley" title="Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Dudley – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Dudley" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley" title="Metropolitan Borough of Dudley – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Metropolitan Borough of Dudley" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C" title="کلان‌شهر مستقل دادلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلان‌شهر مستقل دادلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_m%C3%A9tropolitain_de_Dudley" title="District métropolitain de Dudley – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District métropolitain de Dudley" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%94%EB%93%A4%EB%A6%AC_%EB%8F%84%EC%8B%9C_%EC%9E%90%EC%B9%98%EA%B5%AC" title="더들리 도시 자치구 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="더들리 도시 자치구" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgo_metropolitano_di_Dudley" title="Borgo metropolitano di Dudley – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Borgo metropolitano di Dudley" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">Historic county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admin HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1974</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Metropolitan borough council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council">Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Leadership</th><td class="infobox-data">Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Hilary Bills</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Kumar" title="Sonia Kumar">Sonia Kumar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">(Labour)</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cat_Eccles" title="Cat Eccles">Cat Eccles</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">(Labour)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alex_Ballinger" title="Alex Ballinger">Alex Ballinger</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">(Labour)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mike_Wood_(Conservative_politician)" title="Mike Wood (Conservative politician)">Mike Wood</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Antonia_Bance" title="Antonia Bance">Antonia Bance</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">(Labour)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">37.82 sq mi (97.96 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">200th <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">(of 296)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">324,969</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">Ranked 38th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">8,600/sq mi (3,300/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-0" 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style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.5% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.1% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC0">UTC0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postcode_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom">Postcode areas</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a href="/wiki/DY_postcode_area" title="DY postcode area">DY</a> <small>(1 - 6, 8, 9)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/B_postcode_area" title="B postcode area">B</a> <small>(62, 63)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/WV_postcode_area" title="WV postcode area">WV</a> <small>(14)</small></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom">Dialling codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01384 <small>(<a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a>)</small><br />0121 <small>(<a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>)</small><br />01902 <small>(<a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a>)</small><br />01562 <small>(<a href="/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster">Kidderminster</a>)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">GB-DUD</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ONS_coding_system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">00CR (ONS)<br />E08000027 (GSS)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><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" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&params=52.512259_N_2.097132_W_region:GB_scale:25000">SO9350590490</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS</a> 3</th><td class="infobox-data">UKG36</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dudley.gov.uk/">www<wbr />.dudley<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Metropolitan Borough of Dudley</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a>, England. It was created in 1974 following the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, through a merger of the existing <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Dudley" title="County Borough of Dudley">Dudley County Borough</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal boroughs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge" title="Stourbridge">Stourbridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a>. </p><p>The borough's main settlement is <a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a> but it also includes the outlying towns of <a href="/wiki/Brierley_Hill" title="Brierley Hill">Brierley Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingswinford" title="Kingswinford">Kingswinford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lye,_West_Midlands" title="Lye, West Midlands">Lye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherton,_West_Midlands" title="Netherton, West Midlands">Netherton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sedgley" title="Sedgley">Sedgley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge" title="Stourbridge">Stourbridge</a>. </p><p>The borough borders <a href="/wiki/Sandwell" title="Sandwell">Sandwell</a> to the east, the city of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> to the south east, <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bromsgrove (district)">Bromsgrove</a> to the south in <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire" title="South Staffordshire">South Staffordshire District</a> to the west, and the city of <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a> to the north. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><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></div> <p>The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was created in 1974 from the existing boroughs of <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Dudley" title="County Borough of Dudley">Dudley</a>, the Municipal Borough of Stourbridge and the Municipal Borough of Halesowen. This followed an earlier reorganisation in 1966, as per the provisions of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1958" title="Local Government Act 1958">Local Government Act 1958</a>, which saw an expansion of the three boroughs from the abolition of the surrounding <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Amblecote_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Amblecote Urban District">Amblecote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brierley_Hill_Urban_District" title="Brierley Hill Urban District">Brierley Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coseley_Urban_District" title="Coseley Urban District">Coseley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sedgley_Urban_District" title="Sedgley Urban District">Sedgley</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal boroughs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tipton" title="Tipton">Tipton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oldbury,_West_Midlands" title="Oldbury, West Midlands">Oldbury</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Rowley_Regis" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Borough of Rowley Regis">Rowley Regis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VOB_Dudley_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOB_Dudley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VOB_Sbridge_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOB_Sbridge-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VOB_Halesowen_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOB_Halesowen-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially the borough had a two-tier system of local government, with the borough council sharing power with the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_County_Council" title="West Midlands County Council">West Midlands County Council</a>. In 1986 <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">metropolitan county</a> <a href="/wiki/County_council" title="County council">councils</a> were abolished under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1985" title="Local Government Act 1985">Local Government Act 1985</a>, and Dudley effectively became a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_local_government_structure_within_the_Black_Country_(Pre-1966).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/The_local_government_structure_within_the_Black_Country_%28Pre-1966%29.png/220px-The_local_government_structure_within_the_Black_Country_%28Pre-1966%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/The_local_government_structure_within_the_Black_Country_%28Pre-1966%29.png/330px-The_local_government_structure_within_the_Black_Country_%28Pre-1966%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/The_local_government_structure_within_the_Black_Country_%28Pre-1966%29.png/440px-The_local_government_structure_within_the_Black_Country_%28Pre-1966%29.png 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="507" /></a><figcaption>The local government structure within North Worcestershire and South Staffordshire – Prior to the <i>West Midlands Order 1965</i> reorganisation</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For historical political control and leadership, see <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections</a>.</div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council">Dudley Council</a> has its main offices in <a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a> town centre (where <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Council_House" title="Dudley Council House">Dudley Council House</a> is located), along with additional smaller offices throughout the borough. The council is made up of 72 councillors representing 24 <a href="/wiki/Ward_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ward (politics)">wards</a>. </p><p>On its formation in 1974, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was controlled by the Labour Party. Since then the controlling party has frequently changed, sometimes with no political party having a clear majority.<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><p>Following the local elections in May 2024 the council returned to no overall control.<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-heading3"><h3 id="Mayor">Mayor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mayor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mayor of the Borough acts as the Borough's first citizen attending many civic and ceremonial functions to represent the Council. They are elected at the Annual Meeting of the Council and serves for the whole of the Municipal Year until the next Annual Meeting.<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>As part of the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Combined_Authority" title="West Midlands Combined Authority">West Midlands Combined Authority</a>, Dudley is also served by the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_the_West_Midlands" title="Mayor of the West Midlands">Mayor of the West Midlands</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wards">Wards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 24 wards of the Dudley Borough are each represented by 3 councillors.<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> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;width:70%;border:0px;text-align:left;line-height:150%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ward name </th> <th>Population (2021 census) </th> <th>Change since 2011 census </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Population density</a> (residents per square km) </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Amblecote" title="Amblecote">Amblecote</a></b> </td> <td>12,927 </td> <td>Decrease (-466) </td> <td>4,320.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Vale_(Dudley_ward)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belle Vale (Dudley ward) (page does not exist)">Belle Vale</a></b> </td> <td>14,291 </td> <td>Increase (+807) </td> <td>4,369.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brierley_Hill" title="Brierley Hill">Brierley Hill</a></b> </td> <td>15,016 </td> <td>Increase (+1,081) </td> <td>3,463.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pensnett" title="Pensnett">Brockmoor and Pensnett</a></b> </td> <td>14,726 </td> <td>Increase (+1,803) </td> <td>2,798.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Priory_Estate" title="Priory Estate">Castle and Priory</a></b> </td> <td>17,029 </td> <td>Increase (+3,290) </td> <td>3,776.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Coseley" title="Coseley">Coseley East</a></b> </td> <td>13,409 </td> <td>Increase (+1,052) </td> <td>4,165.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Cradley,_West_Midlands" title="Cradley, West Midlands">Cradley and Wollescote</a></b> </td> <td>13,730 </td> <td>Increase (+290) </td> <td>3,287.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gornal,_West_Midlands" title="Gornal, West Midlands">Gornal</a></b> </td> <td>13,354 </td> <td>Increase (+362) </td> <td>2,854.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halesowen_North&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halesowen North (page does not exist)">Halesowen North</a></b> </td> <td>13,359 </td> <td>Increase (+1,186) </td> <td>3,287.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halesowen_South&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halesowen South (page does not exist)">Halesowen South</a></b> </td> <td>12,245 </td> <td>Increase (+86) </td> <td>1,747.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hayley_Green,_West_Midlands" title="Hayley Green, West Midlands">Hayley Green and Cradley South</a></b> </td> <td>11,980 </td> <td>Increase (+118) </td> <td>2,638.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingswinford_North_and_Wall_Heath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kingswinford North and Wall Heath (page does not exist)">Kingswinford North and Wall Heath</a></b> </td> <td>11,853 </td> <td>Decrease (-708) </td> <td>2,816.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingswinford_South&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kingswinford South (page does not exist)">Kingswinford South</a></b> </td> <td>12,647 </td> <td>Increase (+17) </td> <td>3,787.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lye,_West_Midlands" title="Lye, West Midlands">Lye and Stourbridge North</a></b> </td> <td>12,467 </td> <td>Increase (+118) </td> <td>3,629.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherton,_Woodside_and_St._Andrews&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Netherton, Woodside and St. Andrews (page does not exist)">Netherton, Woodside and St. Andrews</a></b> </td> <td>14,909 </td> <td>Decrease (-108) </td> <td>2,819.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Norton,_Dudley" class="mw-redirect" title="Norton, Dudley">Norton</a></b> </td> <td>11,856 </td> <td>Increase (+15) </td> <td>2,082.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pedmore" title="Pedmore">Pedmore and Stourbridge East</a></b> </td> <td>12,284 </td> <td>Decrease (-187) </td> <td>2,656.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Quarry_Bank" title="Quarry Bank">Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood</a></b> </td> <td>13,667 </td> <td>Increase (+226) </td> <td>3,830.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=St._James%27s_(Dudley_ward)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. James's (Dudley ward) (page does not exist)">St. James's</a></b> </td> <td>14,242 </td> <td>Increase (+29) </td> <td>4,115.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Thomas%27s_(Dudley_ward)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Thomas's (Dudley ward) (page does not exist)">St. Thomas's</a></b> </td> <td>16,285 </td> <td>Increase (+1,891) </td> <td>4,832.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sedgley" title="Sedgley">Sedgley</a></b> </td> <td>11,750 </td> <td>Decrease (-337) </td> <td>3,118.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Upper_Gornal_and_Woodsetton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upper Gornal and Woodsetton (page does not exist)">Upper Gornal and Woodsetton</a></b> </td> <td>13,592 </td> <td>Decrease (-201) </td> <td>4,134.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wollaston,_West_Midlands" title="Wollaston, West Midlands">Wollaston and Stourbridge Town</a></b> </td> <td>13,429 </td> <td>Increase (+337) </td> <td>4,603.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wordsley" title="Wordsley">Wordsley</a></b> </td> <td>12,440 </td> <td>Decrease (-412) </td> <td>4,225.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4">Source: ONS 2021 Census data via www.https://www.allaboutdudley.info/<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demography">Demography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" id="toc" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%; text-align:center" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Ethnic Population in Dudley </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 UK Census</a></b></td> <td><b>Dudley Borough</b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands (region)</a></b></td> <td><b>England</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Total population</td> <td>323,488 </td> <td>5,950,757 </td> <td>56,490,048 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">White</td> <td>84.9% </td> <td>77.0% </td> <td>81.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Mixed groups</td> <td>2.8% </td> <td>3.0% </td> <td>3.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Asian/Asian British</td> <td>8.4% </td> <td>13.3% </td> <td>9.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Black/Black British</td> <td>2.5% </td> <td>4.5% </td> <td>4.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Arab & other groups</td> <td>1.4% </td> <td>2.1% </td> <td>2.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4" style="font-size:90%;">Source: ONS 2021 Census data via www.https://www.allaboutdudley.info/<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 Census</a>, the total population of Dudley Metropolitan Borough was 323,488, an increase of 10,563 from the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">2011 Census</a>. The population density was 3,320.4 residents per square km compared to the West Midlands region population density was 457.8 residents per square km.<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> </p><p>84.9% of Dudley's population identified as White, with 82.4% identifying as <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">White British</a>, 0.3% as <a href="/wiki/Irish_migration_to_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish migration to Great Britain">White Irish</a>, and 2.1% as Other White. The second largest ethnic group was <a href="/wiki/Asian_people" title="Asian people">Asian</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">British Asian</a>, making up 8.4% of the population (an increase from 2011 where the figure was 6.1%). <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">Black</a> and <a href="/wiki/Black_British" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">Black British</a> people comprised 2.5% of the population of the borough (an increase from 2011 where the figure was 1.5%).<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> </p><p>Statistics on religious beliefs show that 49.3% of the population identify as <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> (65.3% in 2011), with the second largest religious group being <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>, at 6.2% (4.1% in 2011). 36% identified as having no religion.<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> </p><p>Unemployment amongst those aged 16 and over in the borough stood at 3.8%, slightly higher than the national average of 3.5%. 41.1% of those aged 16 and over were economically inactive, consisting of 24.3% retired, 5.2% looking after homes or family, 4.5% long-term sick or disabled, 4.2% students and 3.0% other economically inactive.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" id="toc" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%; text-align:center" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Religion in Dudley </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census"><b>2021 UK Census</b></a></td> <td><b>Dudley Borough</b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands (region)</a></b></td> <td><b>England</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Total population</td> <td>323,488 </td> <td>5,950,757 </td> <td>56,490,048 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Christian</td> <td>49.3% </td> <td>46.6% </td> <td>46.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Buddhist</td> <td>0.2% </td> <td>0.3% </td> <td>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Hindu</td> <td>0.7% </td> <td>1.5% </td> <td>1.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Jewish</td> <td>0.0% </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Muslim</td> <td>6.2% </td> <td>9.6% </td> <td>6.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Sikh</td> <td>1.6% </td> <td>2.9% </td> <td>0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Other</td> <td>0.5% </td> <td>0.5% </td> <td>0.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">No Religion</td> <td>36.0% </td> <td>32.9% </td> <td>36.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9cc; color:navy;">Not Stated</td> <td>5.5% </td> <td>5.7% </td> <td>6.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4" style="font-size:90%;">Source: ONS 2021 Census data via www.https://www.allaboutdudley.info/<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A part of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Country" title="Black Country">Black Country</a>, Dudley traditionally has been an industrial centre of <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarrying</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a>, although this has declined in more recent years, with a shift in focus towards the <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">service sector</a> (accounting for 79.1% of employment)<sup id="cite_ref-nomis_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nomis-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a>. Despite this, there are still numerous large industrial sites around the borough, such as the <a href="/wiki/Pensnett_Trading_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pensnett Trading Estate">Pensnett Trading Estate</a>, with the manufacturing industries making up 15.3% of employment.<sup id="cite_ref-nomis_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nomis-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Tourism is of increasing importance to the local economy, with approximately 6,600 people employed within the sector.<sup id="cite_ref-nomis_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nomis-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attractions such as the <a href="/wiki/Black_Country_Living_Museum" title="Black Country Living Museum">Black Country Living Museum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Zoo" title="Dudley Zoo">Dudley Zoo</a> bring in hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.<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></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1124314.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1124314.jpg/220px-Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1124314.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1124314.jpg/330px-Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1124314.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1124314.jpg/440px-Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1124314.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre" title="Merry Hill Shopping Centre">Merry Hill Shopping Centre</a> is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_shopping_centres" class="mw-redirect" title="List of UK shopping centres">largest shopping centres in the UK</a></figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="/wiki/Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre" title="Merry Hill Shopping Centre">Merry Hill Shopping Centre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brierley_Hill" title="Brierley Hill">Brierley Hill</a> is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_shopping_centres" class="mw-redirect" title="List of UK shopping centres">largest shopping centres in the UK</a> and is the main retail centre of the borough, with an average of 23.5 million visitors a year, and houses branches of several large retailers including <a href="/wiki/Primark" title="Primark">Primark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marks_%26_Spencer" title="Marks & Spencer">Marks & Spencer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Next_(clothing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Next (clothing)">Next</a>.<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>Other large employers in the borough include <a href="/wiki/JCDecaux" title="JCDecaux">JCDecaux</a> UK, which has its Birmingham area office in <a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a>,<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> <a href="/wiki/Rentokil_Initial" title="Rentokil Initial">Rentokil Initial</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Midtherm_Engineering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Midtherm Engineering (page does not exist)">Midtherm Engineering</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism_and_visitor_economy">Tourism and visitor economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tourism and visitor economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dudley borough has an increasing tourism offer, with attractions such as the <a href="/wiki/Black_Country_Geopark" title="Black Country Geopark">Black Country Geopark</a> being recognised in 2020<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> and the Stourbridge Glass Museum due to open in 2022.<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> Tourism and the visitor economy is an important sector to the borough, supporting approximately 8,000 jobs.<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>Many of the borough's tourist attractions draw on the industrial heritage of the area. For example, the <a href="/wiki/Red_House_Cone" title="Red House Cone">Red House Glass Cone</a> is an original structure from the 18th Century glass making industry in Stourbridge.<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 site includes designer-maker studios, galleries and hot glass studio. The Stourbridge Glass Quarter locality is also home to <a href="/wiki/The_Lace_Guild" title="The Lace Guild">The Lace Guild</a>, Glasshouse Heritage Centre<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and hosts the International Festival of Glass<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> every 2 years, most recently in 2019 with the 2021 festival postponed to 2022<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> due to the covid-19 pandemic.   </p><p>The Caste Hill area of Dudley is also a hub of visitor attractions including the <a href="/wiki/Black_Country_Living_Museum" title="Black Country Living Museum">Black Country Living Museum</a> and the Canal and Tunnel Trust.<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> <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Zoo" title="Dudley Zoo">Dudley Zoological Gardens</a>, which is also in this area, is the second most visited paid visitor attraction in the West Midlands.<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> The Archives and Local History Centre is now also the home of the council run <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Dudley Museum and Art Gallery">Dudley Museum</a>.<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> The museum is also the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Country_Geopark" title="Black Country Geopark">Black Country Geopark</a>.<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> </p><p>Along with sites recognised as part of the Geopark, the borough has seven nature reserves<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> and many parks contributing to its green spaces. In 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Green_Flag_Award" title="Green Flag Award">Green Flag award</a> was obtained by seven of the boroughs sites (<a href="/wiki/Buffery_Park" title="Buffery Park">Buffery Park</a>, Huntingtree Park, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Stevens_Park" title="Mary Stevens Park">Mary Stevens Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priory_Park,_Dudley" title="Priory Park, Dudley">Priory Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Leasowes" title="The Leasowes">The Leasowes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wren%27s_Nest" title="Wren's Nest">Wrens Nest National Nature Reserve</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saltwells_Local_Nature_Reserve" title="Saltwells Local Nature Reserve">Saltwells National Nature Reserve</a>).<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> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Stevens_Park" title="Mary Stevens Park">Mary Stevens Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Priory_Park,_Dudley" title="Priory Park, Dudley">Priory Park</a> were also awarded Green Heritage Site status, with Abbey Road Allotments recognised with a Green Flag Community Award. </p><p>Despite not being in the bounds of Dudley borough, <a href="/wiki/Himley_Hall" title="Himley Hall">Himley Hall and Park</a> is owned and run by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. In addition to the 180 acres of ‘<a href="/wiki/Capability_Brown" title="Capability Brown">Capability’ Brown</a> landscaped parkland, the Hall has a gallery exhibition space<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> and is a wedding venue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regeneration">Regeneration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Regeneration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Large public and private sector developments have taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley since its creation in 1974. </p><p>The closure of <a href="/wiki/Round_Oak_Steelworks" title="Round Oak Steelworks">Round Oak Steelworks</a> in December 1982 paved the way for the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre" title="Merry Hill Shopping Centre">Merry Hill Shopping Centre</a> on nearby farmland between 1985 and 1989. The Waterfront leisure and commercial complex was developed on the site of the steelworks itself between 1989 and 1995. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pensnett_Trading_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pensnett Trading Estate">Pensnett Trading Estate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kingswinford" title="Kingswinford">Kingswinford</a> has been developed since the 1960s for mostly light industry and services. </p><p>A major redevelopment of <a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a> town centre took place in 2007/08, when the bus station was rebuilt and a section of the 1960s shopping area demolished to make way for a new <a href="/wiki/Asda" title="Asda">Asda</a> superstore. </p><p>A similar redevelopment of <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge" title="Stourbridge">Stourbridge</a> town centre in 2011/12 saw most of the Crown Centre completely rebuilt to incorporate a new <a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a> superstore. </p><p>There are currently several major regeneration projects throughout the borough. Significant infrastructure projects include the new Dudley Transport Interchange<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> and the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Metro" title="West Midlands Metro">West Midlands Metro</a> extension.<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><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>  The 11km metro extension will connect Dudley, Merry Hill and Brierley Hill with the metro network and so to the proposed <a href="/wiki/High_Speed_2" title="High Speed 2">HS2</a> line. The first phase to Dudley town centre is expected to open for passenger services in 2024.<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> The second phase will then extend to Brierley Hill, terminating in Cottage Street in the town centre following an additional £60million funding from central government.<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> </p><p>Regeneration projects around the Castle Hill area are combining innovation and education. The Black Country and Marches Institute of Technology opened in September 2021<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 focuses delivery on higher level courses in manufacturing and engineering, medical engineering, modern construction methodologies and digital technologies. The Very Light Rail (VLR) National Innovation Centre will provide a research facility for the development of VLR technologies and projects. The centre will redevelop the former <a href="/wiki/Dudley_railway_station" title="Dudley railway station">Dudley Railway Station</a> and reconnect the town with the National Rail Network.<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> </p><p>The DY5 Business and Innovation Enterprise Zone was launched in 2017 with the ambition to create 7,000 new jobs over 25 years.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The zone is centred around the Brierley Hill area. </p><p>The Dudley Townscape Heritage programme is on ongoing programme of work improving historical buildings in Dudley town centre. Phase 1 ran from 2008-2015, phase 2 from 2017-2023.<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> Phase 2 started following a <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund" title="National Lottery Heritage Fund">National Lottery Heritage Fund</a> grant of £1.2 million.<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> As part of the programme historic buildings were identified, repaired or restored. Heritage trails and open days were also developed.<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> In addition, further development of the former <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Dudley Museum and Art Gallery">Dudley Museum and Art Gallery</a> site has been proposed as part of a £4million scheme.<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> The former Sessions Court in the same complext of buildings been converted into Brookes Bistro restaurant.<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> Named for <a href="/wiki/Brooke_Robinson" title="Brooke Robinson">Brooke Robinson</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> who was a former MP and coroner for Dudley and left a bequest which led to the building for the former <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Dudley Museum and Art Gallery">Museum and Art Gallery</a>, Town Hall and Coroners Court. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Housing">Housing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Housing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Relatively little new <a href="/wiki/Council_housing" class="mw-redirect" title="Council housing">council housing</a> has been built in the borough since the early 1980s, with almost all of the new social housing developments since then being built by <a href="/wiki/Housing_association" title="Housing association">housing associations</a>. Most of the older private housing in the borough has been renovated rather than demolished during this time. However, there have been a number of redevelopment programmes involving 20th century council housing. In July 1999, four of the borough's tower blocks (two at Eve Hill in Dudley and two at Tanhouse in Halesowen) were demolished on consecutive weekends in controlled explosions. Two years later, two more tower blocks at Queens Cross in Dudley were demolished using the same method. Four tower blocks in Netherton are scheduled for demolition in 2017/18. In 2009, 266 homes on the predominantly 1930s <a href="/wiki/Priory_Estate" title="Priory Estate">Priory Estate</a> in Dudley were demolished and the land later redeveloped with new housing. In the mid-1990s, the neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Wren%27s_Nest" title="Wren's Nest">Wren's Nest</a> Estate underwent extensive refurbishment as well as improved community facilities in a multimillion-pound project funded by the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Single_Budget&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Single Budget (page does not exist)">Single Budget</a>. Four blocks of low-rise flats on the estate were demolished as part of the regeneration. </p><p>Since 2017 small developments of council housing have been built, including bungalows, housing and low-rise flats.<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><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> Some properties have been designed to accommodate those with specific physical needs or those in need of supported living. The homes have been built across the borough (<a href="/wiki/Brierley_Hill" title="Brierley Hill">Brierley Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coseley" title="Coseley">Coseley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingswinford" title="Kingswinford">Kingswinford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gornal,_West_Midlands" title="Gornal, West Midlands">Lower Gornal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sedgley" title="Sedgley">Sedgley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge" title="Stourbridge">Stourbridge</a>). During this period Dudley Council have also built a number of homes for private sale.<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> </p><p>In November 2021 Dudley Council was named homebuilder of the year<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> (organisations with 16,000 homes or more category) at the Inside Housing UK Housing Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dudley_College,_Evolve_Campus.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Dudley_College%2C_Evolve_Campus.JPG/220px-Dudley_College%2C_Evolve_Campus.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Dudley_College%2C_Evolve_Campus.JPG/330px-Dudley_College%2C_Evolve_Campus.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Dudley_College%2C_Evolve_Campus.JPG/440px-Dudley_College%2C_Evolve_Campus.JPG 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Evolve Campus of <a href="/wiki/Dudley_College" title="Dudley College">Dudley College</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tertiary_education">Tertiary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tertiary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a> colleges in the Dudley Borough: <a href="/wiki/Dudley_College" title="Dudley College">Dudley College of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halesowen_College_of_Further_Education" title="Halesowen College of Further Education">Halesowen College</a>. The borough is also home to the <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VI_College,_Stourbridge" title="King Edward VI College, Stourbridge">King Edward VI</a> <a href="/wiki/Sixth_form_college" title="Sixth form college">sixth form college</a> in Stourbridge, originally a <a href="/wiki/Grammar_school" title="Grammar school">grammar school</a> established in 1552, converting to a sixth form centre in 1976. A small number of secondary schools in the borough offer sixth form facilities, while several others did so until the beginning of the 1990s when the local authority decided to concentrate post-16 education in further education colleges.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2011 <a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton College</a> and Star Academies announced their intention to open one of three sixth form colleges in Dudley, subject to funding through the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education" title="Department for Education">Department for Education’s</a> Free Schools Programme.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wolverhampton" title="University of Wolverhampton">University of Wolverhampton</a> closed its Dudley campus in 2002, the metropolitan borough is the largest district in the UK without its own university.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several projects in the Castle Hill area of the Dudley are now linking with local universities.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blackcountryandmarchesiot.ac.uk/">Black Country & Marches Institute of Technology</a> opened in September 2021, with a focus on higher level engineering courses, it partners <a href="/wiki/Dudley_College" title="Dudley College">Dudley College of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wolverhampton" title="University of Wolverhampton">University of Wolverhampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Worcester" title="University of Worcester">University of Worcester</a>, In-Comm Training Services Limited and Avensys UK Limited.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Higher Education Centre for Health & Care is proposed as a partnership between Dudley College of Technology and University of Worcester and expected to be open for Autumn 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_education">Primary and secondary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Dudley" title="List of schools in Dudley">List of schools in Dudley</a></div> <p>There are 104 Dudley Council schools: 78 Primary, 40 of which include a Nursery Unit (24 Primary <a href="/wiki/Academy_(English_school)" title="Academy (English school)">Academy</a>); 19 Secondary (of which 15 are Secondary <a href="/wiki/Academy_(English_school)" title="Academy (English school)">Academy</a> Schools) and 7 <a href="/wiki/Special_education" title="Special education">Special Schools</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pupils transfer to secondary school at the age of 11, although between 1972 and 1990 pupils in the north of borough transferred to secondary school at the age of 12, and from 1972 to 1982 there was a three-tier education system in Halesowen where pupils entered first school at 5, middle school at 9 and secondary school at 13.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The borough had well over 30 secondary schools on its creation, although this was quickly reduced as a result of the introduction of the comprehensive system a year later, which resulted in a number of schools being merged or closed. </p><p>By September 1990, however, the number of secondary schools in the borough had fallen to 22 as a result of the closure of Gilbert Claughton and Mons Hill Schools and the merger of High Park and Longlands Schools in Stourbridge to form Ridgewood High. A year earlier, <a href="/wiki/Castle_High_School_(Dudley)" class="mw-redirect" title="Castle High School (Dudley)">Castle High</a> had been formed in the town centre of Dudley from a merger of <a href="/wiki/The_Dudley_School" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dudley School">The Dudley School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blue_Coat_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Coat School">Blue Coat School</a>; this new school also took in some of the former Gilbert Claughton and Mons Hill pupils. The 1980s had also seen the closure of some the borough's less popular and smaller primary schools, with the older buildings mostly being demolished and the more modern ones being converted for community use. </p><p>The closure of <a href="/wiki/Cradley_High_School" title="Cradley High School">Cradley High School</a> in Halesowen in July 2008 saw the number of secondary schools in the borough fall to 21, dropping to 20 with the closure of <a href="/wiki/Pensnett_High_School" title="Pensnett High School">Pensnett High School</a> in July 2012, and to 19 when the Coseley School closed five years later. </p><p>When the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was formed, many primary schools were existed as separate infant and junior or first and middle schools, but by 1990 virtually all of the separate schools had been merged to create full circle primary schools, the last separate infant and junior schools to merge being Red Hall in Lower Gornal in January 1997. </p><p>There are no grammar schools in the borough, with all state schools being <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_school" title="Comprehensive school">comprehensive</a>, a system which has been universal in the borough since the mid-1970s. The former grammar schools in the borough were Dudley's Boys Grammar and Girls High Schools (merged with Park Secondary Modern School in 1975 to form The Dudley School, which in turn merged with The Blue Coat School to form Castle High in 1989), Sir Gilbert Claughton Grammar School in Dudley (which adopted comprehensive status in 1975 before closing in 1990), Brierley Hill Grammar School (actually situated in Kingswinford; it has been known as the Crestwood School since adopting comprehensive status), King Edward VI Boys Grammar School in Stourbridge (which is now a mixed sixth form college), Stourbridge Girls High School (which merged with the Boys Grammar School and Valley Road Secondary Modern School to form Redhill School), Halesowen Grammar School (which merged with Halesowen Technical School to form Earls High School) and High Arcal Grammar School in Sedgley (which survived as a comprehensive school). </p><p>The sole independent school in the borough is the <a href="/wiki/Elmfield_Rudolf_Steiner_School" title="Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School">Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School</a> in Stourbridge, which follows the <a href="/wiki/Waldorf_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Waldorf Education">Steiner Waldorf</a> curriculum.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Old_Swinford_Hospital" title="Old Swinford Hospital">Old Swinford Hospital</a> school in Stourbridge is one of only 34 state-funded <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarding schools</a> in England, with education being funded by the <a href="/wiki/Local_education_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Local education authority">local education authority</a> (LEA).<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">NHS</a> hospital serving the borough is <a href="/wiki/Russells_Hall_Hospital" title="Russells Hall Hospital">Russells Hall Hospital</a>, situated to the south of Dudley town centre. Following a major expansion of the hospital in 2005, all inpatient services were transferred to the site from smaller hospitals around the borough, resulting in the closure of <a href="/wiki/Wordsley_Hospital" title="Wordsley Hospital">Wordsley Hospital</a>, and the downgrading of the <a href="/wiki/Guest_Hospital" title="Guest Hospital">Guest Hospital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corbett_Hospital" title="Corbett Hospital">Corbett</a> hospitals into outpatient centres. </p> <p><a href="/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital" title="Psychiatric hospital">Psychiatric care</a> is offered at the <a href="/wiki/Bushey_Fields_Hospital" title="Bushey Fields Hospital">Bushey Fields Hospital</a>, located adjacent to Russells Hall Hospital.</p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hospital_Entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363896.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Hospital_Entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363896.jpg/220px-Hospital_Entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363896.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Hospital_Entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363896.jpg/330px-Hospital_Entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363896.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Hospital_Entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363896.jpg/440px-Hospital_Entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363896.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Russells_Hall_Hospital" title="Russells Hall Hospital">Russells Hall Hospital</a></figcaption></figure> <p>See also <a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_West_Midlands" title="Healthcare in West Midlands">Healthcare in West Midlands</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Localities">Localities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>See <a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_in_Dudley" title="List of areas in Dudley">List of areas in Dudley</a></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_the_Borough">Freedom of the Borough</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Freedom of the Borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following people, military units and Organisations and Groups have received the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the Borough</a> of Dudley. The Roll of Freeman is displayed in the Council House on wood panelling at the entrance to the Council Chamber. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DMBC_roll_of_freemen_20220316.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/DMBC_roll_of_freemen_20220316.jpg/220px-DMBC_roll_of_freemen_20220316.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/DMBC_roll_of_freemen_20220316.jpg/330px-DMBC_roll_of_freemen_20220316.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/DMBC_roll_of_freemen_20220316.jpg/440px-DMBC_roll_of_freemen_20220316.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3468" data-file-height="4624" /></a><figcaption>Example of the panelling which lists the Roll of Freeman in Dudley Council House</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individuals">Individuals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Individuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>William Humble, Earl of Dudley: 10 January 1899</li> <li>Brooke Robinson: 11 September 1906</li> <li>Sir Gilbert Henry Claughton, Baronet: 9 November 1912</li> <li>Edwin John Thompson: 24 November 1936</li> <li>John Harry Molyneux: 24 February 1959</li> <li>John Collcott Price : 23 April 1963</li> <li>Harry Clifford Whitehouse: 23 April 1963</li> <li>Percy Dale Wadsworth: 25 April 1973</li> <li>Bert Bissell: 19 February 1981</li> <li>William Eley Homer: 9 March 1989</li> <li>John Thomas Wilson: 9 March 1989</li> <li>John James Curley: 23 January 1992</li> <li>Frederick Stuart Hunt: 18 May 2000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Henry" title="Lenny Henry">Sir Lenny Henry</a>: 25 February 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>David Murray Caunt: 13 July 2015</li> <li>David Sparks: 13 July 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordanne_Whiley" title="Jordanne Whiley">Jordanne Whiley</a>: 30 November 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Roy Richardson: 4 December 2017<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hilary Bills: 20 May 2021</li> <li>Les Jones: 20 May 2021</li> <li>Ian Marshall Kettle: 20 May 2021</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_Units">Military Units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Military Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Worcestershire Regiment: 8 April 1961</li> <li>The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's): 29 April 1967</li> <li>The Mercian Regiment: 15 October 2007</li> <li>The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry: 22 February 2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Mercian_and_Lancastrian_Yeomanry" title="Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry">Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">TA</a>): 30 June 2012<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cosford" title="RAF Cosford">RAF Cosford</a>: 4 December 2017<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>63 Company, 6 Battalion Military Intelligence Company <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)">Intelligence Corps</a>: 18 February 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organisations_and_Groups">Organisations and Groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bury" title="Metropolitan Borough of Bury">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calderdale" title="Calderdale">Calderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Coventry" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Coventry">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Doncaster" title="City of Doncaster">Doncaster</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead" title="Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees">Kirklees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Knowsley" title="Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley">Knowsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Leeds" title="City of Leeds">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a></li> <li><a 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title="Metropolitan Borough of St Helens">St Helens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Stockport" title="Metropolitan Borough of Stockport">Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Sunderland" title="City of Sunderland">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tameside" title="Tameside">Tameside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafford" title="Trafford">Trafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wakefield" title="City of Wakefield">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Walsall" title="Metropolitan Borough of Walsall">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wigan" title="Metropolitan Borough of Wigan">Wigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wirral" title="Metropolitan Borough of Wirral">Wirral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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Council">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Council" title="Kirklees Council">Kirklees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowsley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council">Knowsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_City_Council" title="Leeds City Council">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Council" title="Liverpool City Council">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Council" title="Manchester City Council">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_City_Council" title="Newcastle City Council">Newcastle upon Tyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Tyneside_Council" title="North Tyneside Council">North Tyneside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Council" title="Oldham Council">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Borough_Council" title="Rochdale Borough Council">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council">Rotherham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salford_City_Council" title="Salford City Council">Salford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandwell_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council">Sandwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sefton_Council" title="Sefton Council">Sefton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_City_Council" title="Sheffield City Council">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solihull_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council">Solihull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Tyneside_Council" title="South Tyneside Council">South Tyneside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Helens_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="St Helens Council">St Helens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council">Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_City_Council" title="Sunderland City Council">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tameside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council">Tameside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafford_Council" title="Trafford Council">Trafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield_Council" title="Wakefield Council">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_Council" title="Walsall Council">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council">Wigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wirral_Council" title="Wirral Council">Wirral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverhampton City Council">Wolverhampton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local elections</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/Barnsley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Council_elections" title="Birmingham City Council elections">Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bradford_Metropolitan_District_Council_elections" title="City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calderdale_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Calderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_Council_elections" title="Coventry City Council elections">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Doncaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Kirklees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowsley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Knowsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_City_Council_elections" title="Leeds City Council elections">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Council_elections" title="Liverpool City Council elections">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Council_elections" title="Manchester City Council elections">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_City_Council_elections" title="Newcastle City Council elections">Newcastle upon 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