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Cradley Heath
Town in Sandwell, West Midlands, England

Cradley Heath

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

It is in the Black Country, 8 miles (13 km) west of Birmingham. The town was known for the manufacture of chains in the first half of the twentieth century.

How locals move

Getting around Cradley Heath the local way

  • Get inHolyhead's ferry port ensures that the north of Wales is well connected with the whole West Midlands.

From Wikivoyage: West Midlands (region), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: R J Higginson (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.