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