Hurst Green, West Midlands
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Hurst Green is a suburb of Halesowen
in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
, located on its north-eastern side. Its principal thoroughfares are Narrow Lane/Fairfield Road, Summerfield Avenue and Hurst Green Road, with a small shopping centre at the eastern end of the latter bordering the M5 motorway. It is a mixture of owner-occupied and municipal housing, the latter concentrated around Brandon Road/Westfield Road. There is an industrial area to its north along Fairfield Road and Cakemore Road.
It is served by buses 88, 123, 201, 230, 258 & 449.
Although it is administratively part of Halesowen, it is geographically closer to Blackheath
, where its residents have traditionally shopped and to where most of its public transport links operate.
Halesowen
Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.The population, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273...
in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...
, located on its north-eastern side. Its principal thoroughfares are Narrow Lane/Fairfield Road, Summerfield Avenue and Hurst Green Road, with a small shopping centre at the eastern end of the latter bordering the M5 motorway. It is a mixture of owner-occupied and municipal housing, the latter concentrated around Brandon Road/Westfield Road. There is an industrial area to its north along Fairfield Road and Cakemore Road.
It is served by buses 88, 123, 201, 230, 258 & 449.
Although it is administratively part of Halesowen, it is geographically closer to Blackheath
Blackheath, West Midlands
Blackheath is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.-Establishment:Before 1841, Bleak Heath or Blake Heath was a small group of farm houses and inns on the turnpike road from Oldbury to Halesowen, within Rowley Regis...
, where its residents have traditionally shopped and to where most of its public transport links operate.