page_title: Netherton, West Midlands
section_title: Localities
hierarchical_section_title: Netherton, West Midlands / Localities
caption_attribution_description: English: St Peters, Darby End View from the Dudley No 2 Canal.
context_page_description: Netherton is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, 1.5 miles south of Dudley town centre in the West Midlands of England, but historically in Worcestershire. In the Black Country, Netherton is bordered by nature reserves to the east and west, and an industrial area and the Dudley Southern By-Pass to the north.
context_section_description: To the north of the town centre lies the locality of Baptist End. This area is thought to encompass the site of medieval Netherton. It's not known for sure how the area got this name although there have been Baptists meeting in the general locality since 1654
  The town centre encompasses the main shopping street where Cinder Bank meets the Halesowen Road and the residential area on the roads leading up Netherton Hill from the shops.
  Other localities in Netherton include Darby End which, according to local legend, was named after the nailmakers from Derbyshire who settled there but is more likely to have taken its name from the Darby family, who were prominent in the early days of the settlement. This area, which has a few shops of its own, is to the south east of the town centre. In the 19th century this area was also commonly referred to as 'Darby Hand'. Nearby, and bordering the Bumble Hole Local Nature Reserve is Windmill End. 
  Primrose Hill, despite its name, is an industrial area immediately to the south of the town centre.
  Dudley Wood and Bowling Green are two residential areas at the south end of the town. The now demolished Dudley Wood Stadium, sited in the former locality, hosted the Cradley Heathens speedway team until the mid-1990s.
  The Lodge Farm Estate lies near Saltwells woods. It is named after the farm which was here before the housing estate was built. In medieval times, the lodge was where the forester (a person responsible for managing the hunting within a wood) lived and it is likely that this is the ultimate origin of the name of this locality, which is sited in what once was Pensnett Chase.
  Finally, Mushroom Green is a former industrial hamlet to the south west of the town. It is now a Conservation Area.
caption: St Peter's Church, Darby End
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