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DY5 3UP - Bromley

Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 9+1u20442 miles (15 kilometres) southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 88,000 as of 2023.

Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, chartered in 1158. Its location on a coaching route and the opening of a railway station in 1858 were key to its development and the shift from an agrarian village to an urban town. As part of the growth of London's conurbation in the 20th century, Bromley Town significantly increased in population and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1903 and became part of the London Borough of Bromley in 1965. Bromley today forms a major retail and commercial centre. It is identified in the London Plan as one of the 13 metropolitan centres of Greater London." [1]

Situated in local authority Wordsley, Bromley is classed as urban with major conurbation. Nearest towns are Kingswinford (1 miles away), Brierley Hill (1 miles away), Dudley (3 miles away), with the capital city, London being 112 miles away.

West Midlands

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county found in central England that was formed in 1974 from parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire and is made up of seven metropolitan boroughs: Walsall, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, the City of Wolverhampton, the City of Coventry and the City of Birmingham.

These cities offer plenty of excitement and the area has long had a reputation for industrial heritage, fantastic museums, new and exciting art galleries and a vibrant and entertaining nightlife.

In Dudley for example, there are attractions such as the Dudley Zoo or the Black Country Living Museum, and there is the Dudley Canal and Tunnel as well as the ruins of Dudley Castle and numerous beautiful churches (such as the Church of St. Edmund or the Church of St. James the Great).

There are beautiful churches to be found in Wolverhampton too, from St. Peter's Collegiate Church and St. Peter's Gardens to the Church of St. John.

Also worth a look are Wightwick Manor and Moseley Old Hall. However, the highlight of the West Midlands must surely be the city of Birmingham, a city that has cast off its reputation as an industrial, grim city and swapped manufacturing for culture, the arts and entertaining. This is a city of exquisite dining (particularly the curry) and fantastic nightlife, endless shopping and constant entertainment.

From the impressive National Exhibition Centre to the football at Villa Park, or from watching the cricket at Edgbaston, home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, to shopping in the stunning Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the space-age Selfridges Store, (designed using a weird 'skin' of 15,000 spun aluminium discs), one thing Birmingham knows how to do is entertain.

Where is it?

Location
Bromley

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Ward
Wordsley

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Local Authority
Dudley

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Council

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Constituency

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County
West Midlands

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Region
West Midlands

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Country
England

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Classification
Urban with Major Conurbation

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Area Type
Metropolitan District

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ONS GSS ID
E00050164

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LSOADZ_NAME
Dudley 021C

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Government ID
Dudley 021

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Coordinates
52.484, -2.141

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Phone Code
(01384) xxxxxx

Nearby Towns

Kingswinford	0.9 mi
Brierley Hill	0.9 mi
Dudley	2.8 mi
Cradley Heath	3.6 mi
Birmingham	10.2 mi
Coventry	27.5 mi
Derby	41.1 mi
Cardiff	82.9 mi
London	112.3 mi
Edinburgh	242.8 mi