Halesowen | |
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Halesowen shown within the West Midlands | |
Population | 42 (2011.Wards) |
OS grid reference | SO9583 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HALESOWEN |
Postcode district | B62, B63 |
Dialling code | 0121 or 01384 (Parts of Cradley) |
Police | West Midlands |
Fire | West Midlands |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
EU Parliament | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Halesowen town centre BID |
Halesowen /heɪlzˈoʊ.ᵻn/ is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.
Historically in Worcestershire, the town is around 7 miles from Birmingham city centre, and 6 miles from Dudley town centre. The population of the town, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273. Halesowen is included in the Halesowen and Rowley Regis constituency which is held by the Conservative James Morris.
Halesowen was a detached part of the county of Shropshire but was incorporated into Worcestershire in 1844 by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act. Since the local government reorganisation of 1974 it has formed a part of the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Conurbation, in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, which it joined at the same time as neighbouring Stourbridge, which had also been in Worcestershire until that point.