Places to see in ( Oldbury - UK )
Places to see in ( Oldbury - UK )
Oldbury is a town in Sandwell, West Midlands in England. It is a part of the Black Country, and the administrative centre of the borough of Sandwell. The place name Oldbury, comes from the Old English 'Ealdenbyrig', - signifying that Oldbury was old even in early English times over 1000 years ago. Eald being Old English for 'old', Byrig is the plural of 'burh' in Old English - a burh being a fortification or fortified town.
Oldbury was part of the ancient parish of Halesowen, a detached part of Shropshire surrounded by Worcestershire and Staffordshire, until the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, when it was incorporated back into Worcestershire after an absence of nine-hundred years. It became an Urban District in 1894, receiving Municipal Borough status in 1935.
In 1966, Oldbury was merged with the County Borough of Smethwick and the Municipal Borough of Rowley Regis to form the County Borough of Warley, which also included most of the Tividale area of Tipton and the eastern section of Oakham in Dudley. The geographical county boundaries were also changed to include the whole of Warley as part of Worcestershire; formerly both Rowley Regis and Smethwick had been in Staffordshire.
In 1974, Oldbury became part of the new Sandwell Metropolitan Borough (a merger between the county boroughs of West Bromwich and Warley), and was transferred into the West Midlands Metropolitan County. Since 1986, after the abolition of the West Midlands County Council, Sandwell effectively became a unitary authority. Sandwell Council's headquarters are situated in Oldbury Town Centre. Oldbury comes within the B68 and B69 postal districts, the latter of which also covers part of Tipton. The postal town is Oldbury, although it previously came under the Warley post town, along with Smethwick, Rowley Regis, and Cradley Heath.
For over thirty years there were three railway stations in the parish named Oldbury; only one is still open, but under a new name. The oldest surviving one is on the Stour Valley Line (former LMS Railway), at Bromford Road. It has been there since the 1850s. It was originally called Oldbury & Bromford Lane Station, then Oldbury Station, but it is now known as Sandwell and Dudley.
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Places to see in ( Rowley Regis - UK )
Places to see in ( Rowley Regis - UK )
Rowley Regis is a historic parish and former municipal borough, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England. Considered one of the six 'towns' that comprise the modern-day Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, it encompasses the wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and Rowley Village. At the 2011 census, the combined population of Rowley Regis was 50,257.
The history of Rowley Regis began in the 12th century, when a small village grew around the parish church of St. Giles, approximately two miles south-east of the town of Dudley. Rowley was part of the Royal hunting grounds - Regis was added to the name of Rowley in around 1140 to signify it was that part of Rowley belonging to the King. It began to develop substantially between the two World Wars, when thousands of privately owned and local authority houses were built in the surrounding area. During that time Rowley Regis became a borough, and incorporated the communities of Blackheath, Old Hill, and Cradley Heath. These places were all within the ancient parish of Rowley Regis, which (despite being in the county of Staffordshire) was in the diocese of Worcester. The parish contained the manors of Rowley Regis and Rowley Somery, the latter being part of the barony of Dudley, but the extents of these manors and the relationship between them are not clear.
The present St. Giles Church on Church Road is not the original church in Rowley Regis. The church built in 1840 to succeed the original mediaeval building, was found to be unsafe and condemned in 1900. The next church, built in 1904, was burned down in 1913, some believing the fire to have been started by Suffragettes or local striking steelworkers; this however is supposition and it was more than probable it was a simple accident, the church at this time using parrafin as a means of lighting and the latter perhaps causing the fire. Its present day successor was designed by Holland W. Hobbiss and A. S. Dixon, and was built in 1923.
Rowley Regis railway station opened in 1867 in the south of the then village, and remains in use to this day. Rowley's grammar school was opened on Hawes Lane in September 1962. Well-known former pupils include Pete Williams (original bass player with Dexys Midnight Runners), and actress Josie Lawrence. In 1974, when comprehensive schools became universal in the new borough of Sandwell, the grammar school became Rowley Regis Sixth Form College, the last intake of grammar school pupils having been inducted the previous year. In 2003 it became an annexe of Dudley College, but this arrangement lasted just one year before the buildings fell into disuse.
Originally in Staffordshire, the Rowley Regis Urban District was formed in 1894 to cover the villages of Rowley, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, and Old Hill. The urban district was incorporated into a municipal borough in 1933. Following the acquisition of borough status, plans were unveiled to build new council offices in the borough to replace the existing offices in Lawrence Lane, Old Hill. A site on the corner of Halesowen Road and Barrs Road was selected, with working commencing in October 1937, and the building being completed in December 1938.
Rowley Regis is the location of the Rowley Hills, famed for the quarrying of Rowley Rag Stone. The hills form part of the east/west watershed between the rivers Trent and Severn, and contain the highest point in the West Midlands region, Turner's Hill, at 269m above sea level. Localities (former borough of Rowley Regis)
Blackheath
Cradley Heath
Haden Hill
Old Hill
Rowley Village
Whiteheath
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Sidaway Street in Cradley Heath, Black Country, West Midlands, England
Mushroom Green Chainshop, Cradley Heath, West Midlands
Mushroom Green, Chain shop, Mushroom Green, Quarry Road, Cradley Heath
The Mushroom Green Chain Shop open to the public for free demonstrations of traditional chain making and local chain making history. The chain shop is the only remaining chain shop on its original grounds in Europe. Open on the second Sunday of the month from April to October 2:00 – 5pm. Admission is free.
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Mushroom Green Chain Shop featuring Ron Moss
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Drive through Cradley Quarry Bank Merry Hill Blackheath DJI Osmo Action 4K 2021
Be my passenger as we drive through Cradley Heath, Quarry Bank, Merry Hill shopping centre and Blackheath in the West Midlands. A very low sun so it's a bit bright in places. I should have put a filter on the camera lens in hindsight. I hope you enjoy the ride. Feel free to like or subscribe if you would be so kind. Many thanks, Adam :)
Stourbridge Town Centre Walk Through 2023
Join me for a walk around Stourbridge Town centre in the West Midlands. Please like and subscribe if you enjoy the content. Thanks for watching, Adam :)
The Black Country 1969 An amazing video from the 1960's showcasing the life
172339 @ Cradley Heath - 16th May 2018
West Midlands Railways re-liveried 172339 @ Cradley Heath, 16th May 2018
map of West Midlands England
The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes. It covers the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. The region consists of the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. The largest city in the region is Birmingham.
The West Midlands region is geographically diverse, from the urban central areas of the conurbation to the rural western counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire which border Wales. The longest river in the UK, the River Severn, traverses the region southeastwards, flowing through the county towns of Shrewsbury and Worcester, and the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Staffordshire is home to the industrialised Potteries conurbation, including the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and the Staffordshire Moorlands area, which borders the southeastern Peak District National Park near Leek. The region also encompasses five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Wye Valley, Shropshire Hills, Cannock Chase, Malvern Hills, and parts of the Cotswolds. Warwickshire is home to the towns of Stratford upon Avon, birthplace of writer William Shakespeare, Rugby, the birthplace of Rugby football and Nuneaton, birthplace to author George Eliot.The official region contains the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
Rural Shropshire, Lyth Hill.
There is some confusion in the use of the term West Midlands, as the name is also used for the much smaller West Midlands county and conurbation which is in the central belt of the Midlands and on the eastern side of the West Midlands Region. It is also still used by various organisations within that area, such as West Midlands Police and West Midlands Fire Service.
The highest point in the region is Black Mountain, at 703 metres (2,307 ft) in west Herefordshire on the border with Powys, Wales.
The region contains five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), including the Shropshire Hills, Malvern Hills and Cannock Chase, and parts of the Wye Valley and Cotswolds. The Peak District national park also stretches into the northern corner of Staffordshire.Aldridge, WMS
Bedworth, WAR
Bilston, WMS
Bloxwich, WMS
Bromsgrove, WOR
Burntwood, STS
Cannock, STS
Darlaston, WMS
Kingswinford, WMS
Lichfield, STS
Malvern, WOR
Oldbury, WMS
Rowley Regis, WMS
Stratford-upon-Avon, WAR
Tipton, WMS
Warwick, WAR
Wednesbury, WMS
Willenhall, WMS
Population 10,000
Atherstone, WAR
Biddulph, STS
Brierley Hill, WMS
Bridgnorth, SHR
Cheadle, STS
Droitwich Spa, WOR
Evesham, WOR
Hednesford. STS
Kenilworth, WAR
Kidsgrove, STS
Leek, STS
Leominster, HER
Ludlow, SHR
Market Drayton, SHR
Newport, SHR
Oswestry, SHR
Ross-on-Wye, HER
Rugeley, STS
Sedgley, WMS
Stone, STS
Stourport-on-Severn, WOR
Uttoxeter, STS
Wombourne, STSSutton Coldfield, WMS
Solihull, WMS
Telford, SHR
Worcester, WOR
Population 50,000
Burton-upon-Trent, STS
Dudley, WMS
Halesowen, WMS
Hereford, HER
Kidderminster, WOR
Leamington Spa, WAR
Newcastle-under-Lyme, STS
Nuneaton, WAR
Redditch, WOR
Rugby, WAR
Shrewsbury, SHR
Smethwick, WMS
Stafford, STS
Stourbridge, WMS
Tamworth, STS
Walsall, WMS
West Bromwich, WMSBusiness Link West Midlands was based on the Quinton Business Park in Quinton, next to Highways England and the M5 at the A456 Quinton Interchange. NHS West Midlands, the strategic health authority was on Hagley Road (A456) in Edgbaston. The West Midlands Ambulance Service is on the Waterfront Business Park in Brierley Hill, off the A461, near the headquarters of West Midlands Police, where the Child Support Agency (CSA) was headquartered. The region's Manufacturing Advisory Service was on Wolverhampton Science Park off the A449 north of the city centre; this function is now represented by Made in the Midlands, off M4 junction 2 at Pendeford north of Wolverhampton.
The DIT West Midlands (previously UKTI) for the region is based at the West Midlands Chambers of Commerce on Harborne Road (B4284), south of NHS West Midlands west of Five Ways; this was previously at the B4100/B4114 junction south of Aston University near the Matthew Boulton Campus of Birmingham Metropolitan College. Most of the region is covered by the Midlands Air Ambulance, except Warwickshire is covered by the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, based at Coventry Airport; both are charity-funded. Sir Anthony Bamford of Staffordshire is the richest British industrialist, at around £3.15bn in 2014; Sir James Dyson is second (£3bn).
Herefordshire
Class 172s @ Cradley Heath - 1st October 2019
Class 172 units at Cradley Heath - I can't recall seeing the barriers on the crossing up when a train arrived in the station before....
Cradley Heath Level Crossing -P 2
Now we see the next 2 London Mid's
Class 172s @ Cradley Heath - 11th May 2018
Various West Midland Trains 172 units @ Cradley Heath - 11th May 2018
The Shortest Branch Line in the UK - Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town.
Hello everyone. It's great to be back and getting out and about (locally of course and in a safe way!).
Here's a trip I've been wanting to do for some time and I'm not even sure why! I guess it's just because it's there - the shortest branch line in the UK - Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town on the Class 139 Parry People Mover. It's a distance of around 0.8 miles and takes approximately 3 minutes each way. It has an interesting history I'll tell you about in the video plus a little bit about Stourbridge Junction and how much it costs. Needless to say, it's not expensive and you may question why it's there in the first place. Why not have a bus? Also, what exactly do you call it? A train? A tram? Maybe it really is a 'people mover' - that's what the company that built the current vehicles call it!
Anyway, please enjoy the video and if you like it, I would really appreciate it if you could give me a thumbs up and a comment - maybe even subscribe! That would be great. I've got lots of stuff coming up that I'm really looking forward to so, thanks for watching and cheers for now!
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66702 & 69001 Cradley Heath 15/02/2021
The first Class 56 (in this 56031) rebuild for GB Railfreight - 69001- en route behind 66702 from Longport to Severn Valley Railway through Cradley Heath.
The sun perhaps wasn't quite in the right place for the going away shot, but after the last few weeks, it was like mid-summer temperature wise !
Cradley Heath Station Level Crossing (West Midlands) 13/01/2022
Video 2 of 2. Total videos from this day 2 of 2.
Time: 12.40
Timetable Used: Cradley Heath
Here we see 172340/172333 running the 12.44 2S40 (West Midlands Railway) from Worcester Foregate Street to Whitlocks End. We then see 172214/172221 running the 12.46 (actual arrival 12.47) 2K37 (West Midlands Railway) from Stratford-upon-Avon to Kidderminster.
Small Heath Station 3/10/15 Series 19 Episode 1
A morning visit to Small Heath Station In Birmingham with a wide range of express passenger trains and one lone freightliner. Features Class:66/168/172