Cradley Heath
Cradley Heath is a small town and also ward in the Rowley Regis location of the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It lies within the Black Country, concerning 2 1/2 miles (4.0 km) south of Dudley and 8 miles (13 km) west of main Birmingham. Cradley Heath is usually confused with neighbouring Cradley in Halesowen, although both locations have actually long remained in different regional authorities, as well as till 1966 remained in different regions. Cradley Heath is just one of numerous towns in central England still recognisable from their early 20th-century appearance. Most of the stores and residences in the High Street are still standing after 100 years, though some were destroyed in the mid-2000s to make way for a bypass, to alleviate congestion in the town centre.