Rowley Regis is a town as well as historical church in addition to a previous metropolitan district, in the Birmingham area of the West Midlands, England. Thought about among the 6 'communities' that make up the contemporary Sandwell Metropolitan District, it encompasses the wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and also Old Hill, and also Rowley Village. At the 2011 census, the consolidated population of Rowley Regis was 50,257. Initially in Staffordshire, the Rowley Regis Urban Area was formed in 1894 to cover the towns of Rowley, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, and also Old Hill. The urban district was incorporated right into a local district in 1933. Complying with the purchase of district status, strategies were introduced to build brand-new council offices in the borough to replace the existing offices in Lawrence Lane, Old Hill. A site on the corner of Halesowen Road and Barrs Road was chosen, with functioning starting in October 1937, and also the structure being finished in December 1938. The local government framework within North Worcestershire as well as South Staffordshire-- Prior to the West Midlands Order 1965 reorganisation. In 1966, the borough of Rowley Regis combined with the boroughs of Oldbury and also Smethwick to form the Warley County Borough, and became part of Worcestershire. There had actually formerly been plans to integrate Rowley Regis into a broadened Dudley district, as well as for Halesowen to join up with Oldbury and Smethwick rather. 8 years later, in 1974, on the development of the West Midlands Metropolitan region, Warley merged with West Bromwich to form the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough. It is currently best in the core of the West Midlands city.