Oldbury
in Sandwell of England, United Kingdom
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Birmingham International Airport (12 mi) - Coventry Airport (24 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (37 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (42 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (55 mi)
- RAF Fairford (57 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (58 mi)
- Manchester Airport (60 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 63 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 74 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 75 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 84 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 130 mi)
- Fulford Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Calderfields Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Kings Norton Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Copt Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- The Belfry (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Kidderminster Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Bewdley Pines (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Little Lakes Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Burlish Park Golf Course (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Forest Of Arden-Aylesford Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Dudley Zoo (zoo, (3 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.500 and -2.017 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 30' 0" and W -2° 1' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:12 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:56 am and 8:16 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Delve into Oldbury
Oldbury in Sandwell (England) with it's 10,830 habitants is located in United Kingdom about 106 mi (or 170 km) north-west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Oldbury is now 06:12 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports close to Oldbury, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Birmingham International Airport in a distance of 12 mi (or 19 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal in a distance of 50 mi (or 80 km), North-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. We encountered 1 points of interest near this location. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dudley, Walsall, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Tidbury Green. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 50 °F
| Morning Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
| Night Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 51% |
| Air Pressure | 1030 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 37% of sky |
| General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
7°C (45 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
6°C (43 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
7°C (44 °F)
3°C (38 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Cobden Hotel Birmingham
The Woodlands Hotel
RAMADA OLDBURY BIRMINGHAM
Travellers Inn
Collection Hotel Birmingham
Edgbaston Palace
The Great Barr Hotel and Conference Center
M5 J1 Park Inn By Radisson Birmingham West
Bay Rooms
Quality Hotel Dudley
Videos from this area
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Driving On The M5 From J3 (Birmingham West & Central) To J2 (Dudley, Oldbury, Sandwell), England
Driving on the M5 motorway from Junction 3 (A456 Birmingham West & Central) to Junction 2 (A4123 Dudley, Wolverhampton, Sandwell), Oldbury, West Midlands, England Videoed on Friday,10th...
Arriving in the UK
Some of our international students describe arriving in the UK before they studied at Birmingham City University For more on arriving in the UK http://www.bcu.ac.uk/international/before-you-trav...
TITFORD CANAL
TITFORD CANAL Along the old mainline canal at oldbury is a junction which Is a nice two and half mile strole along the cut. The canal starts underneath the M5 moterway, At the oldbury locks...
Driving On The M5 From J3 (Birmingham West & Central) To J2 (Dudley, Oldbury, Sandwell), England
Driving on the M5 motorway from Junction 3 (A456 Birmingham West & Central) to Junction 2 (A4123 Dudley, Wolverhampton, Sandwell), Oldbury, West Midlands, England Videoed on Saturday,14th ...
Hola Mohalla Gatka Tournament 2015
In celebration of Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Hola Mohalla organised by Khalsa Panth Akharra at Gurdwara Amrit Parchar Dharmik Diwan, Oldbury, U.K. in 2015. Share with Gurus Sangat ...
Good Morning - #hobbitchallenge (UK) Behind the Scenes
A look at the behind the scenes of The White's House recreation of the 'Good Morning' scene from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for the #hobbit challenge. Filmed on a Canon 550d and EOS...
The Hobbit - Good Morning - #HobbitChallenge (UK)
PLEASE GO TO: https://fanchallenge.thehobbit.com/ TO VOTE! The White House's recreation of the 'Good Morning' scene from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for the #hobbitchallenge. Made in...
Bethel Matrix
The Bethel Church - Oldbury, prepares for a 4 week Evangelism Boot Camp with Mark Greenwood.
Titford Canal
Cycling the full length of The Titford Branch Canal from Titford Pools to Oldbury Locks Junction.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Sandwell
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, with a population of around 308,100, and an area of 33 square miles . The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns and villages of Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Tividale, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.
County Borough of Warley
Warley was a county borough and civil parish forming part of the West Midlands conurbation, England, and geographical county of Worcestershire. It was formed in 1966 by the combination of the existing county borough of Smethwick with the municipal boroughs of Oldbury and Rowley Regis (along with small sections of Birmingham, Dudley, Tipton, West Bromwich and Halesowen as well as an unpopulated fragment of Brierley Hill), by recommendation of the Local Government Commission for England.
Spon Lane Locks Branch
The Spon Lane Locks Branch is an 800-yard section of the BCN Main Line canal in Oldbury, England, which forms a connecting canal "sliproad" where the Old BCN Main Line crosses the New BCN Main Line at the Stewart Aqueduct. It runs westwards from Spon Lane Junction via the three Spon Lane Locks to Bromford Junction. It was originally part of the Wednesbury branch of Birmingham Canal which opened in 1769.
Langley Green railway station
Langley Green railway station serves the Langley Green area of Oldbury in Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line. The station is managed by London Midland, who provide the majority of train services; there are also occasional services provided by Chiltern Railways.
Tividale Tirupathy Balaji Temple
The Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple is the first temple for the deity Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) in Europe. It is on Dudley Road East, A457 behind the Meadows School in Tividale, West Midlands, England, on the border between Tipton and Oldbury; it was designed to replicate the Tirupati Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, India, which is the second busiest and richest religious centre in the world after the Vatican.
Gower Branch Canal
The Gower Branch Canal is a half-mile canal at Tividale in England, linking Albion Junction on the Birmingham Level (453 feet above sea) of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and Bradeshall Junction (sometimes written Brades Hall Junction) on the BCN's older Wolverhampton (473 ft) level, via three locks, the Brades Locks, at the Southern, Bradeshall end. It has a towpath on its eastern side and is crossed by only one road, the A457, just north of the middle lock.
Lyng, West Midlands
Lyng is a residential area of West Bromwich in the West Midlands of England. It is situated in the south of the town near the border with Oldbury - and part of Oldbury's Ring Road actually borders the southern part of the area. Lyng was developed during the 19th century due to the Industrial Revolution that bought thousands of jobs to the local area. Hundreds of houses were built, but after the Second World War many of these homes were becoming unfit for human habitation.
Titford Canal
The Titford Canal is a narrow (7 foot) canal, a short branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. Authorised under the Birmingham Canal Act 1768 which created the original Birmingham Canal, it was constructed in 1836-7 and opened on 4 November 1837.
Bromford Junction
Bromford Junction is a canal junction at the foot of the Spon Lane Locks where the Spon Lane Locks Branch meets the BCN New Main Line near Oldbury in the West Midlands, England.
Oak House, West Bromwich
Oak House in Oak Road, West Bromwich, England, is a large half-timbered Yeoman's farmhouse dating back to the sixteenth century. It is one of the finest timber framed buildings in the West Midlands and was given to the people of West Bromwich by Alderman Reuben Farley. It is thought to be named after a large oak tree which stood in front of the house until early last century, although it may equally derive from the oak woodlands which originally surrounded the house.
Oldbury Athletic F.C
Oldbury Athletic F.C. was a football club based in Oldbury, England. They were established in 1981. For the 2010–11 season, they were due to be playing in the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division, but resigned 3 weeks before the start of the season and folded.
Langley Green, West Midlands
Langley Green is a suburb of Birmingham, on the B4169 road, in the Sandwell District, in the English county of West Midlands. Langley Green has a library and a railway station called Langley Green railway station.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Oldbury.
- Dudley
- Walsall
- Birmingham
- Wolverhampton
- Tidbury Green
- Dickens Heath
- Cheswick Green
- Solihull
- Albrighton
- Bickenhill
- Romsley
- Stourport-on-Severn
- Stafford
- Hampton in Arden
- Tong
- Barston
- Ryton
- Worcester
- Meriden
- Berkswell
- Cotheridge
- Bransford
- Madeley
- Leigh
- Newport
- Telford
- Chetwynd
- Warwick
- Keresley
- Netherseal
West Bromwich: Sandwell College Central Campus, West Bromwich (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
اولدبوری، میدلندز غربی, Oldberis, Oldbury-Smethwick, 奧爾德伯里
