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Dudley (/ ˈdʌdli / DUD-lee, locally [ˈdʊdləi̯]) [2] is a market town in the West Midlands, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Wolverhampton and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.
4 days ago · The historic town of Dudley (the administrative centre) and surrounding areas at the centre of the borough are part of the historic county of Worcestershire, as are southern neighbourhoods such as Stourbridge and Halesowen.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England. It was created in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, through a merger of the existing Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen.
Dudley is located in the county of West Midlands, West Midlands, two miles south of the town of Coseley, 85 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 108 miles north-west of London. Dudley lies three miles south of the Staffordshire border, and was historically in the county of Staffordshire.
Dudley is a metropolitan borough formed in 1974. It is located on the edge of the West Midlands conurbation, approximately 9 miles west of the city of Birmingham and 6 miles south of Wolverhampton. Rural Staffordshire and Worcestershire border Dudley Borough to the west and south.
The County Borough of Dudley was a local government district in the English Midlands from 1865 to 1974. [3] Originally a municipal borough, it became a county borough in 1889, centred on the main town centre of Dudley, along with the suburbs of Netherton and Woodside.
Dudley is a large town in Worcestershire, in a detached part of the county deep within the Black Country. Dudley is the largest town in the Black Country and has been called its unofficial capital. The enclave of Worcestershire in which the town lies is separated from its parent county by a gap of just 650 yards.
