Rowley Regis is a community and also historic church along with a previous local district, in the Birmingham region of the West Midlands, England. Considered among the six 'communities' that consist of the contemporary Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, it includes the wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and also Old Hill, as well as Rowley Town. At the 2011 census, the combined population of Rowley Regis was 50,257. Initially in Staffordshire, the Rowley Regis Urban District was created in 1894 to cover the villages of Rowley, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, as well as Old Hill. The city district was incorporated into a local district in 1933. Following the purchase of borough standing, plans were introduced to build brand-new council offices in the borough to change the existing workplaces in Lawrence Lane, Old Hill. A site on the corner of Halesowen Road as well as Barrs Road was picked, with functioning starting in October 1937, as well as the building being finished in December 1938. The city government framework within North Worcestershire as well as South Staffordshire-- Before the West Midlands Order 1965 reorganisation. In 1966, the district of Rowley Regis combined with the districts of Oldbury and also Smethwick to form the Warley County Borough, and entered into Worcestershire. There had actually previously been plans to incorporate Rowley Regis into an increased Dudley district, and also for Halesowen to join up with Oldbury and also Smethwick instead. Eight years later on, in 1974, on the development of the West Midlands Metropolitan county, Warley combined with West Bromwich to form the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough. It is now ideal in the core of the West Midlands city.