Cradley Heath
Cradley Heath is a town and also ward in the Rowley Regis area of the borough 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 typically confused with neighbouring Cradley in Halesowen, although the two areas have actually long remained in different local authorities, and also up until 1966 remained in separate counties. Cradley Heath is just one of numerous towns in main England still recognisable from their very early 20th-century look. A lot of the shops and houses in the High Street are still standing after 100 years, though some were demolished in the mid-2000s to make way for a bypass, to reduce congestion in the town centre.