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 as well as 8 miles (13 km) west of main Birmingham. Cradley Heath is typically confused with neighbouring Cradley in Halesowen, although the two places have actually long remained in different regional authorities, and until 1966 remained in different regions. Cradley Heath is among a number of communities in main England still recognisable from their early 20th-century appearance. Much of the shops and residences in the High Street are still standing after 100 years, though some were knocked down in the mid-2000s to make way for a bypass, to ease blockage in the community centre.