Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is a little town and electoral ward of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough within the West Midlands of England. It is approximately 2.5 miles to the south of central Dudley and 2 miles to the north of Stourbridge. Brierley Hill was originally in Staffordshire, but is now part of the West Midlands metropolitan county since its creation in 1974. A part of the Black Country, and inside a heavily industrialised area of the Dudley Borough, it has a permanent population of around 13,935 inhabitants, based on the 2011 census. Largely produced by the Industrial Revolution, Brierley Hill features a reasonably current history, with the original written records of the town dating back to the seventeenth century. Historically created as a settlement within the woodland of Pensnett Chase, it began expanding quickly after the chase's enclosure in 1748, and was first shown on a map in 1785 following the mapping of the Stourbridge Canal. The town is best famous for glass and steel production, although the industry has declined significantly since the 1970s. On the list of the largest factories in the area was the Round Oak Steelworks, which was shut and renovated in the 1980s to become the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is immediately east of Brierley Hill. One of the biggest shopping centres in the UK, it was constructed between 1985 and 1989 on the grounds of Merry Hill Farm, the last working urban farm within the West Midlands. Since 2008, Brierley Hill, including the neighbouring Waterfront Business Park and Merry Hill Shopping Centre, has been designated the Strategic Town Centre of the Dudley Borough, with the aim to create a new town centre for the borough. For all your house upgrades, make sure that you select reputable pros in Brierley Hill to make sure you get the best quality service.
