West Midlands (county)

The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, the United Kingdom, formed in 1974. The county contains the cities of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry.

Geography

The West Midlands borders the counties of Warwickshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south, and Staffordshire to the north.

Related Topics:
Warwickshire - Worcestershire - Staffordshire

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The West Midlands is one of the most heavily urbanised counties in the UK. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, the Black Country and Solihull together form the largest conurbation in the UK outside London, with a combined population of around 2.27 million.

Related Topics:
Birmingham - Wolverhampton - Black Country - Solihull - Conurbation - London

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The West Midlands is not entirely urban; Coventry is seperated from the Birmingham urban area, by stretch of green belt land roughly 15 miles across known as the "Meriden Gap", which retains a strongly rural character.

Related Topics:
Coventry - Green belt - Meriden

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A smaller piece of green belt between Birmingham, Walsall and West Bromwich includes Barr Beacon and the Sandwell Valley.

Related Topics:
Barr Beacon - Sandwell Valley

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