The urban district council of Wednesbury was in existence until 1966 when it became part of West Bromwich County Borough. When West Bromwich merged with Warley to form Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in 1974, Wednesbury followed suit. Curiously, it gained the postcode WS10 which is shared with the town of Darlaston - part of the Walsall borough. The postal address for Darlaston is now Darlaston, Wednesbury.
It is served by the Midland Metro light rail (tram) system. The current line runs from Wolverhampton to Birmingham, and a proposed extension to Brierley Hill is set to open in 2008.
Wednesbury is a town in England's Black Country, part of the Sandwell metropolitan borough in West Midlands, near the source of the River Tame.
William Paget was born in Wednesbury in 1505, the son of a nail maker.
Wednesbury became a municipal borough in 1866, and continued in existence until 1966 when it became part of the County Borough of West Bromwich, which then itself merged with the County Borough of Warley in 1974.
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