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.
Oldbury has some unmissable towns nearby like Dudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Moseley, Handsworth, Harborne, and Sutton Coldfield.
Merry Hill, and Bullring & Grand Central are some of Oldbury best shopping centres to visit near Oldbury.
Dudley Castle, and Caluden Castle (ruin) are some of Oldbury best castles to visit near Oldbury.
Don't miss Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton's cities if visiting the area around Oldbury.
Places near Oldbury feature a number of interesting canals including Birmingham to Wolverhampton Canal.
The area around Oldbury boasts some of the best country parks including 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, and Walsall Arboretum are some of Oldbury best woodlands to visit near Oldbury.
Oldbury has some unmissable parks nearby like Cannon Hill Park, Grove Park, Caludon Castle Park, Baddesley Clinton, Elmdon Park, and Walsall Arboretum.
Oldbury's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Victoria Square - Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Selly Manor Museum, Baddesley Clinton, St Alphege Parish Church, and Packwood House.
Oldbury has some unmissable villages nearby like Bournville, and Lea Marston.
Oldbury has some unmissable museums nearby like Selly Manor Museum, and Cadbury World.
Places near Oldbury feature a number of interesting gardens including The Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Oldbury has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Moseley Bog, RSPB Sandwell Valley, and Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve.
Pendigo Lake, Cocks Close Pond, Kingsbury Water Park, and Earlswood Lakes are some of Oldbury best lakes to visit near Oldbury.
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.
