Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974 after a merger of the Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen. The borough borders Sandwell to the east, the city of Birmingham to the south east, Bromsgrove to the south in Worcestershire, South Staffordshire District to the west, and the city of Wolverhampton to the north. Being a metropolitan borough, Dudley is effectively a unitary authority, except for public transportation, fire and police services, which are jointly run by the seven metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands county. For Eurostat purposes, Dudley is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG36), and is one of seven boroughs or...