Rowley Regis is a town and also historical parish along with a former metropolitan district, in the Birmingham area of the West Midlands, England. Thought about one of the 6 'towns' that consist of the modern Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, it encompasses the wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and also Rowley Town. At the 2011 census, the combined population of Rowley Regis was 50,257. Originally in Staffordshire, the Rowley Regis Urban District was formed in 1894 to cover the towns of Rowley, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, and Old Hill. The urban district was integrated into a local district in 1933. Adhering to the procurement of borough status, plans were revealed to develop brand-new council workplaces in the borough to replace the existing offices in Lawrence Lane, Old Hill. A site on the edge of Halesowen Road and Barrs Road was selected, with functioning starting in October 1937, as well as the structure being finished in December 1938. The city government structure within North Worcestershire as well as South Staffordshire-- Before the West Midlands Order 1965 reorganisation. In 1966, the borough of Rowley Regis combined with the districts of Oldbury as well as Smethwick to form the Warley County Borough, as well as entered into Worcestershire. There had previously been strategies to integrate Rowley Regis into a broadened Dudley borough, and also for Halesowen to associate Oldbury and Smethwick instead. Eight years later, in 1974, on the development of the West Midlands Metropolitan area, Warley combined with West Bromwich to develop the Sandwell Metropolitan District. It is now best in the core of the West Midlands conurbation.