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Bearwood is the southern part of Smethwick, in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It lies north of the A456 Hagley Road. Bearwood Hill was the original name of the High Street from Smethwick Council House to Windmill Lane. The border at the Shireland Brook where Portland Road, Edgbaston becomes Shireland Road ...
It is set to re-open during the mid-late 2020s as an extension to the Midland Metro. [13] Great Bridge has direct bus links with Tipton, Dudley,West Bromwich, Bilston, Stone Cross and Birmingham on bus services 30, 42, 43, 74 and 74A operated by National Express West Midlands and Diamond.
Tipton is an industrial town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England.It had a population of 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. [1] It is located northwest of Birmingham and southeast of Wolverhampton.
Wednesbury (/ ˈ w ɛ n z b ər i / [1] locally [ˈwɛnzbriː]) is a market town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England - historically in Staffordshire.It is located near the source of the River Tame, and is part of the Black Country.
The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the county's seven borough councils, including Sandwell, with some services provided through joint committees. [ 8 ] Since 2016 the council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority , which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of the West Midlands since 2017.
From the borough's creation in 1974 until 2010, all Members of Parliament (MPs) within its boundaries were Labour. However, in the 2010 general election, Conservative party candidate James Morris was elected to the Halesowen and Rowley Regis seat which incorporates the Sandwell communities of Rowley Regis, Blackheath and Cradley Heath, and the neighbouring area of Halesowen which is situated ...
A new borough of Sandwell was formed by the merger of West Bromwich and Warley. The actual designation of Warley itself was abolished and the three towns of Smethwick, Oldbury and Rowley Regis reinstated as component parts of Sandwell, although these areas formed the Warley postal district.
West Bromwich (/ ˈ b r ɒ m ɪ tʃ / ⓘ BROM-itch), commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire , it is 7 miles (11 kilometres) northwest of Birmingham .