Oldbury
Oldbury is a Town in the county of West Midlands.
Oldbury postcode: B69 2
There are great places to visit near Oldbury including some great towns, shopping centres, cities, canals, country parks, woodlands, lakes, nature reserves and airports.
There are a several good towns in the Oldbury area like Dudley, Sutton Coldfield, and West Bromwich.
The area around Oldbury boasts some of the best shopping centres including Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central.
There are a number of cities near Oldbury including Birmingham, and Coventry.
Oldbury is near some unmissable canals like Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal,
Don't miss Lickey Hills Country Park, Woodgate Valley Country Park, Sutton Park, Kingsbury Water Park, Sandwell Valley Country Park, and Coombe Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Oldbury.
The area close to Oldbury boasts some of the best woodlands including Lickey Hills Country Park.
Kingsbury Water Park is one of Oldbury's best, nearby lakes to visit in Oldbury.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Oldbury like RSPB Sandwell Valley.
There are a several good airports in the area around Oldbury like Birmingham Airport.
Oldbury History
There are some historic monuments around Oldbury:
Places to see near Oldbury
History of Oldbury
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. Oldbury council built several thousand houses, flats and bungalows for some 40 years until its disbandment, the 1,000th of which was completed in 1933 at Wallace Road near the border with Rowley Regis. 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.
