West Midlands

American

noun

a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).

West Midlands British

noun

(functioning as singular or plural) a metropolitan county of central England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry. Area: 899 sq km (347 sq miles)

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The West Midlands service to Crewe had a load factor of 170%.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Less severe yellow heat heat alerts have also been issued for the same period for the south-west, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

As a child, he became interested in bird watching - a record of one of his first observations was even preserved in a West Midlands Bird Club publication in 1956.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

But it is not as bad as having a crack at £1m and knowing you've given up enough for an average deposit to buy a home in the West Midlands, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Revived, after long disuse, by Langland and other poets of the West Midlands in the fourteenth century, it had soon again been swept out of fashion by the irresistible charm of the genius of Chaucer.

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