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Brierley Hill

Brierley Hill is a compact 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 north of Stourbridge. Brierley Hill was historically in Staffordshire, but is now part of the West Midlands metropolitan county ever since its establishment in 1974. Part of the Black Country, and in a heavily industrialised area of the Dudley Borough, it has a resident population of 14,000 people, based on the 2011 census. Primarily a product of the Industrial Revolution, Brierley Hill has a somewhat current history, with the original written records of the town dating back to the seventeenth century. Initially created as a settlement in the woodland of Pensnett Chase, it began to expand quickly following the chase's enclosure in 1748, and was first displayed on a map in 1785 following the mapping of the Stourbridge Canal. The town is best known for glass and steel manufacturing, though the industry has declined considerably since the 1970s. One of the biggest factories in the area was the Round Oak Steelworks, which was closed down and redeveloped during the 1980s to be transformed into the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is positioned immediately to the east of Brierley Hill. One of the biggest shopping centres in the United Kingdom, it was constructed between 1985 and 1989 on the site of Merry Hill Farm, the final functioning urban farm inside the West Midlands. Since 2008, Brierley Hill, including the close by Waterfront Business Park and Merry Hill Shopping Centre, has been officially named as the Strategic Town Centre of the Dudley Borough, with the purpose of creating a new town centre for the borough. For all your house upgrades, make sure that you employ vetted professionals in Brierley Hill to ensure you get the very best quality service.