Sandwell

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Borough of Sandwell

Geography
Status: Metropolitan borough
Region: West Midlands
Ceremonial County: West Midlands
Historic County: Staffordshire, Worcestershire
Area:
- Total Ranked 258th
85.58 km²
Admin. HQ: Oldbury
ONS code: 00CS
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2004 est.)
- Density Ranked {{English district rank

/ km²
Ethnicity: 79.7% White
14.0% S.Asian
3.8% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
http://www.smbc.sandwell.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs: Adrian Bailey, Sylvia Heal, John Spellar, Tom Watson

Borough of Sandwell

Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	West Midlands
Ceremonial County:	West Midlands
Historic County:	Staffordshire, Worcestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 258th 85.58 km²
Admin. HQ:	Oldbury
ONS code:	00CS
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked {{English district rank / km²
Ethnicity:	79.7% White 14.0% S.Asian 3.8% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.smbc.sandwell.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Adrian Bailey, Sylvia Heal, John Spellar, Tom Watson

Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is made up of the Black Country towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the county boroughs of Warley and West Bromwich, traditionally in Staffordshire. In 1986 the West Midlands County Council was abolished and Sandwell effectively became a unitary authority. Sandwell is divided into 24 Wards and is represented by 72 ward councillors.

West Bromwich is the largest town in Sandwell, however due to the rivalry between West Bromwich and Smethwick (former centres of West Bromwich and Warley respectively) the council headquarters are based in Oldbury.

The local council has considered changing its name in the past, as many people outside of the West Midlands are confused as to where it is located. However, since no single town dominates the borough, no new name could be agreed upon.

Sandwell borders the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley to the south, the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the north, and the City of Birmingham to the east.

Localities

Localities in the borough include:

Bearwood, Blackheath, Brandhall
Cradley Heath
Dudley Port
Charlemont and Grove Vale, Guns Village
Hamstead, Hill Top, Horseley Heath
Langley Green
Oakham, Ocker Hill, Oldbury, Old Hill
Princes End
Rowley Regis
Sandwell, Smethwick, Summer Hill
Tipton, Tividale
Warley, Wednesbury, West Bromwich
Yew Tree

Other places

External links

Districts of the West Midlands
Birmingham \| Bridgnorth \| Bromsgrove \| Cannock Chase \| Coventry \| Dudley \| East Staffordshire \| Herefordshire \| Lichfield \| Malvern Hills \| Newcastle-under-Lyme \| North Shropshire \| North Warwickshire \| Nuneaton and Bedworth \| Oswestry \| Redditch \| Rugby \| Sandwell \| Shrewsbury and Atcham \| Solihull \| South Shropshire \| South Staffordshire \| Stafford \| Staffordshire Moorlands \| Stoke-on-Trent \| Stratford-on-Avon \| Tamworth \| Telford and Wrekin \| Walsall \| Warwick \| Wolverhampton \| Worcester \| Wychavon \| Wyre Forest
Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire

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