Cradley Heath is a small town and also ward in the Rowley Regis location of the district of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It exists within the Black Country, regarding 2 1/2 miles (4.0 km) south of Dudley as well as 8 miles (13 km) west of main Birmingham. Cradley Heath is commonly confused with adjoining Cradley in Halesowen, although the two areas have long been in different local authorities, and also up until 1966 were in different regions. Cradley Heath is among several towns in central England still recognisable from their early 20th-century appearance. Many of the shops and also homes in the High Street are still standing after 100 years, though some were destroyed in the mid-2000s to give way for a bypass, to relieve congestion in the town centre.