Sandwell
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council defines the borough as the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. Rowley Regis includes the towns of Blackheath and Cradley Heath.
Borough of Sandwell | |
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West Bromwich, the largest town in Sandwell | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Unity and Progress | |
Sandwell shown within the West Midlands and England | |
| Coordinates: 52°30′19″N 2°1′2″W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Metropolitan county | West Midlands |
| Historic County | Staffordshire and Worcestershire |
| Status | Metropolitan borough |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Admin HQ | Oldbury |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Labour) |
| • Mayor | Cllr Bill Gavan (2023 - Present) |
| • MPs | John Spellar (L) Shaun Bailey (C) Nicola Richards (C) James Morris (C) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33 sq mi (86 km2) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 341,729 (Ranked 29th) |
| • Density | 9,720/sq mi (3,752/km2) |
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| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode | |
| Area code(s) | 0121, 01384 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-SAW |
| ONS code | 00CS (ONS) E08000028 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SO9954890217 |
| NUTS 3 | UKG37 |
| Website | www |
Sandwell's Strategic Town Centre is designated as West Bromwich, the largest town in the borough, while Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of the local authority) is situated in Oldbury. In 2019 Sandwell was ranked 12th most deprived of England's 317 boroughs.
Bordering Sandwell is the City of Birmingham to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley to the south and west, the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the north, and the City of Wolverhampton to the north-west. Spanning the borough are the parliamentary constituencies of West Bromwich West, West Bromwich East, Warley, and part of Halesowen and Rowley Regis, which crosses into the Dudley borough.
At the 2011 census, the borough had a population of 309,000 and an area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi).