12 Facts About Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath is a town in the Rowley Regis area of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.

Cradley Heath is often confused with the neighbouring Halesowen district of Cradley, although the two places are separated by the River Stour and have long been in separate local authorities, and until 1966 were in separate counties.

Cradley Heath is one of several towns in central England still recognisable from their early 20th-century appearance.

Cradley Heath was originally an area of heathland between Cradley, Netherton, and Old Hill, in the Staffordshire parish of Rowley Regis.

The residents of Cradley had grazing rights, subject to an annual payment to the Lord of the Manor.

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Cradley Heath was formerly a part of the Rowley Regis Municipal Borough, with the council house situated in Old Hill.

Cradley Heath remains a traditional shopping centre, offering an alternative to modern malls.

The Black Country Bugle newspaper was originally based in Cradley Heath but is situated at the newly built Dudley Archives; the newspaper was set up by Derek Beasley, former chairman of Halesowen Harriers, which focuses on local history and culture of the Black Country and often features articles and poems written in the Black Country dialect.

Cradley Heath has two large municipal parks, Haden Hill Park, which contains Haden Hall and Haden Old Hall which was the ancestral home of the Haden family and the Mary McArthur Memorial Gardens.

Old Bank Building on Upper High Street which was built in 1908 for the United Counties Bank of Cradley Heath has kept its original place even with the new road layout with the modernisation of Cradley Heath.

Part of the West Midlands conurbation, Cradley Heath is located in the south of the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, approximately 8 miles west of Birmingham.

Sandwell Council is the local education authority for Cradley Heath, and is responsible for maintaining all the schools in the area.