Stourbridge
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Stourbridge pron.: is a large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically a part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Hagley, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley.
The population, as recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,480.[1] Stourbridge is included in the Stourbridge parliamentary constituency, currently held by Margot James of the Conservative Party.[2]
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Geography and administration
Stourbridge is a part of the West Midlands metropolitan county and conurbation, in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. Stourbridge is located about 13 miles west of Birmingham, at the edge of the industrial Midlands, located between Kidderminster and Dudley.
Much of the town consists of suburban streets, interspersed with green spaces. Stourbridge borders on green belt land, and is close to unspoiled countryside with rural Shropshire close by to the west. The Clent Hills, Kinver Edge and large areas of farmland lie to the south and west.
The town and surrounding area is at the south western extremity of the Black Country and the majority of the working-class population retain the region's accent and dialect.
