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Brierley Hill is a compact town and electoral ward of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England. It is situated about 2.5 miles to the south of central Dudley and 2 miles to the north of Stourbridge. Brierley Hill was traditionally in Staffordshire, but is now a part of the West Midlands metropolitan county since its establishment in 1974. A part of the Black Country, and in a heavily industrialised area of the Dudley Borough, it has a permanent resident population of approximately 14,000 residents, as outlined by the 2011 census. Largely produced by the Industrial Revolution, Brierley Hill has a comparatively modern history, with the first written records of the town going back to the 17th century. First created as a settlement in the woodland of Pensnett Chase, it started to expand rapidly after the chase’s enclosure in 1748, and was first displayed on a map in 1785 following the mapping of the Stourbridge Canal. The town is primarily famous for glass and steel production, although the business has declined considerably since the 1970s. One of the biggest factories in the area was the Round Oak Steelworks, which was closed down and renovated in the 1980s to be transformed into the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is immediately east of Brierley Hill. One of the biggest shopping centres in the country, it was constructed between 1985 and 1989 on the site of Merry Hill Farm, the last operating urban farm within the West Midlands. Since 2008, Brierley Hill, including the nearby Waterfront Business Park and Merry Hill Shopping Centre, has been designated the Strategic Town Centre of the Dudley Borough, with the aim to create a brand new town centre for the borough. For all your property improvements, make sure that you work with vetted professionals in Brierley Hill to make sure you get the very best quality service.