Towns near Oldbury
West Bromwich (1 Mile)*
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.
Rowley Regis (2 Miles)*
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.
Swan Village (2 Miles)*
Sandwell (2 Miles)*
Ocker Hill (2 Miles)*
Smethwick (2 Miles)*
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.
Tipton (2 Miles)*
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.
Quinton (3 Miles)*
Old Hill (3 Miles)*
Handsworth and Smethwick (3 Miles)*
Dudley (3 Miles)*
Netherton (3 Miles)*
Wednesbury (3 Miles)*
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.
Sleightholme (3 Miles)*
Halesowen (4 Miles)*
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.


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