Country: | England |
Official Name: | Shire Oak |
Static Image Name: | Chester Road (A452), Shire Oak - geograph.org.uk - 1192763.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Shire Oak, Brownhills |
Coordinates: | 52.6381°N -1.9275°W |
Map Type: | West Midlands |
Metropolitan Borough: | Walsall |
Metropolitan County: | West Midlands |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Aldridge-Brownhills |
Post Town: | BROWNHILLS |
Postcode District: | WS8 |
Postcode Area: | WS |
Dial Code: | 01922 |
Os Grid Reference: | SK052044 |
Type: | Suburb |
Shire Oak[1] is a suburb[2] [3] of Brownhills, in the Walsall district, in the county of the West Midlands, England.[4] The area is close to Walsall Wood and is at a crossroads between the A452/Chester Road to Birmingham and the A461/Lichfield Road between Lichfield and Walsall.[5] It is also close to the Staffordshire boundary with Stonnall and Muckley Corner.[6] The area is also home to Shire Oak Academy.
On 31 December 1894 Shire Oak became a civil parish,[7] being formed from the part of Shenstone in Brownhills Urban District,[8] on 1 April 1966 the parish was abolished to form Aldridge Brownhills, part also went to Hammerwich.[9] In 1951 the parish had a population of 1587.[10]