Towns in West Midlands
Acocks Green
Aldridge
Aldridge is a very attractive town, in which each neighbourhood is very well looked after,
with trees and well cut grass. There is also a beautiful church, a library, and a
tree-lined courtyard including a children's play area.
Allesley
Amblecote
Aston
Barston
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Berkeswell
Bickenhill
Bilston
Birmingham
Birmingham is Britain's second largest city and is situated right in the heart of England.
Friendly, bustling and thriving, Birmingham is one of our most visited cities and welcomes
visitors all year long.
Bloxwich
Bordesley
Bournville
Brierley Hill
Brownhills
Bushbury
Canley
Castle Bromwich
Castle Bromwich retains a village atmosphere despite growing in size over recent decades
and forming part of the Solihull Metropolitan Borough. Centred around a village green
given to the residents by Viscount Newport.
Coseley
Coundon
Coventry
Coventry, dominated by its stunning state of the art Cathedral, has wide pedestranised
streets, modern architecture, good shopping facilities, fashionable restaurants, luxurious
modern hotels, parks and gardens, theatres, and sports venues.
Cradley
Darlaston
Delph
Dorridge
Dudley
The large town of Dudley in the West Midlands is 11 miles north west of Birmingham city
centre and six miles south of Wolverhampton.
Edgbaston
Erdington
Fallings Park
Foleshill
Four Oaks
Gornalwood
Great Barr
Halesowen
Halesowen is a town in the West Midlands, nine miles south west of Birmingham city centre
and close to the M5 motorway.
Hampton in Arden
Handsworth and Smethwick
Harborne
Hasbury
Hay Mills
Hockley
Holly Lane
Keresley
Kings Norton
Kingswinford
Knowle
Longbridge
Longford
Lower Gornal
Lye
Lye is a leafy suburb between Stourbridge and Halesowen. It is less than two miles from
open country, and the landscape is hilly. Lye itself consists chiefly of a main high
street, containing all manner of shops.
Marston Green
Meriden
The village of Meriden is situated between Coventry and Solihull in the West Midlands.
Minworth
Moseley
Netherton
Northfield
Ocker Hill
Old Hill
Oldbury
Oldbury is at the centre of Sandwell, both geographically and as the site of the borough's
Council House. The town dates from the 13th century, and for most of its history it was
part of the parish of Halesowen in Worcestershire.
Olton
Packwood
Parkside
Pedmore
Pelsall
Perry Barr
Quinton
Rowley Regis
The secret of Rowley Regis' success is its firm foundations. The Romans first came to the
area 2,000 years ago, attracted by the hard rock of the Rowley Hills; the legacy of
quarrying is still part of the local landscape.
Rushall
Saltley
Sandwell
Sedgley
Selly Oak
Sheldon
Sleightholme
Small Heath
Smethwick
Smethwick - From a rural community of farms and cottages, through the transformation of
the Industrial Revolution to the bustling community of today - in many ways Smethwick is
Sandwell in microcosm.
Solihull
Solihull is a vibrant, stylish and friendly place to live, work and visit. It has many
shops, pubs, resturants, bars and parks for everyone to enjoy.
Spon End
Stechford
Stivichall
Stoke
Stourbridge
The historic glass-producing town of Stourbridge is in the West Midlands, 13 miles west of
Birmingham between Dudley and Kidderminster.
Streetly
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands is about eight miles northeast of Birmingham City
Centre.
Swan Village
Temple Balsall
Tettenhall
Tipton
Little is known of Tipton's earliest history, the area was once part of the Royal Forest
of Cannock, and records survive of land ownership in Norman times. By the 12th century
there was a church (St. John's) and a moated manor house.
Toll Bar
Tyburn
Tyseley
Upper Stonnall
Victoria
Walsall
Walsall is an important industrial town in the West Midlands, about 13 miles northwest of
Birmingham city centre and close to the M6.
Walsall Wood
Walsgrave on Sowe
Wednesbury
Wednesbury is one of the oldest parts of Sandwell. The 'bury' part of the name indicates
there may have been an Iron Age fort or 'beorg' on Church Hill as long ago as 200BC.
Wednesfield
West Bromwich
West Bromwich is the borough's largest town and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086.
At the time Bromwich - 'the little village on the heath of broom' - was among the
possessions of William Fitz-Ansculf, Baron of Dudley.
Whitley
Willenhall
Witton
Wollaston
Wolverhampton
The city of Wolverhampton is in the West Midlands, 18 miles northeast of Birmingham<
and close to the M6 and M54. It is on the main railway line to London with one of the
largest national interchanges at Birmingham New Street Station.
Woodside
Wordsley
Wordsley is situated between Stourbridge and Kingswinford in the heart of The Black
Country, West Midlands. It is a village community with a host of shops and eateries and
more fine ale houses than you can shake a stick at.
Wyken
Wylde Green
Yardley
