Great Bridge

Great Bridge is a historic village and district of in the in the metropolitan county of the , England. It is situated near the towns of , and .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb with 13,000 residents
  • Description: area of Tipton, West Midlands, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Great Bridge, West Midlands” and “Grete Bridge”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of England and Dudley Port railway station.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the established Christian church in and the Crown Dependencies. It was the initial church of the Anglican tradition. The church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury.

Railway station
Photo: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the Dudley Port and Great Bridge areas of , , . Situated on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford branch of the West Coast Main Line, the station is operated by West Midlands Railway.

Church
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swan Village and Tipton.

Hamlet
is an area of , in the Metropolitan Borough of in the West Midlands County of England. It is now divided by the Black Country New Road and was the site of the Gas Works.

Town
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough that spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands, including Bearwood, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, , Tividale, Wednesbury, .

Hamlet
is a residential area of . It is situated to the north of the town centre and consists predominantly of council housing constructed during the 1920s. is situated 1½ miles east of Great Bridge.

Great Bridge

Latitude
52.53044° or 52° 31′ 50″ north
Longitude
-2.03551° or 2° 2′ 8″ west
Population
13,000
Named after
From Middle English word ‘grete’ meaning gravel
Open location code
9C4VGXJ7+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 290473959
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q5598815
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Great Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Great Bridge”
  • Polish: “Great Bridge”

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