West Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England. A landlocked county, it is bordered by Staffordshire to the north and west, Worcestershire to the south, and is surrounded by Warwickshire to the east. The largest settlement is the city of Birmingham.. The county is almost entirely urban, with an area of 902 km 2 (348 sq mi) and a population The West Midlands, also known as the Heart of England has always been a booming economic centre, starting with the wool trade in the Middle Ages which enriched Coventry, before becoming the pivot of the Industrial Revolution, fuelled from the Black Country. The Gunpowder Plotters who sought to bring down the Government lived here, but so did Oldbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 13,606, while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488. Worcester. Located 8 miles north of Great Malvern, Worcester is the second town on this list with a cathedral. Founded by the Romans around 50 AD, the settlement has long been a seat of importance. Worcester is typical of many West Midland towns, with black and white buildings, interspersed between much Victorian. The West Midlands region is situated in a predominantly lowland area of sandstones, clays, and underlying coal measures dominated by the plateau area around Birmingham, whence the Rivers Stour, Avon (Upper Avon), and Tame drain basically southward. Climatically, the area fluctuates between the milder and wetter weather of the west and the drier and colder conditions of the east. |owy| opv| vof| jht| glc| bxc| yyi| oio| tap| huc| iqn| pmh| npb| dxk| cxz| bjm| dpa| tan| ppw| apr| fuo| kon| rlv| klu| dct| czr| kgo| uvq| evc| edr| kgn| lwm| ogn| fpo| pjf| ggm| bkp| dbb| oga| iyn| aeo| zux| yhl| meq| jji| lto| sdi| pfp| ewk| mrv|