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, castles, cities, canals, country parks, woodlands, parks, historic buildings, villages, museums, gardens, nature reserves, lakes and airports.
There are a several good towns in the Oldbury area like Dudley, Stourbridge, Moseley, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich, and Solihull.
There are a number of shopping centres near Oldbury including Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central.
Castles to visit near Oldbury include Dudley Castle, and Caluden Castle (ruin).
Cities to visit near Oldbury include Birmingham, and Coventry.
Canals to visit near Oldbury include Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal.
Oldbury's best nearby country parks can be found at Lickey Hills Country Park, Woodgate Valley Country Park, Sutton Park, Kingsbury Water Park, Sandwell Valley Country Park, Coombe Country Park, and Coombe Abbey Country Park.
Lickey Hills Country Park is a great place to visit close to Oldbury if you like woodlands.
The area around Oldbury boasts some of the best parks including Cannon Hill Park, Caludon Castle Park, Baddesley Clinton, and Elmdon Park.
Victoria Square - Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Selly Manor Museum, Baddesley Clinton, St Alphege Parish Church, and Packwood House are some of Oldbury best historic buildings to visit near Oldbury.
There are a number of villages near to Oldbury including Bournville.
Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World are great places to visit near Oldbury if you like museums.
Don't miss The Birmingham Botanical Gardens's gardens if visiting the area around Oldbury.
Oldbury has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Moseley Bog, RSPB Sandwell Valley, and Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve.
There are a several good lakes in the Oldbury area like Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes.
Airports to visit near Oldbury include 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.
