Lapal is a residential area of
Halesowen in the
West Midlands
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
of
England (part of
Worcestershire until 1974). It is situated in the east of the town on the border with
Birmingham. The Lapal area sits to the East of the
Lapal Canal
The Lapal Tunnel (old spelling Lappal Tunnel) is a disused canal tunnel on the five mile dry section of the Dudley No. 2 Canal in the West Midlands, England. It takes its name from the settlement of Lapal.
History
The narrow brick-lined tunn ...
, to the North of Lapal Lane South up to what is now the M5 motorway, to the South West of Carters Lane and Kent Road, and to the South East of Mucklow Hill. Most of the houses were built between 1930 and 1980. In the late 1970s the large Abbeyfields estate was built alongside the currently disused portion of the
Dudley Canal, adding to its already extensive
owner-occupier housing stock.
It is the most affluent suburb of Halesowen, commanding the largest average house prices of all the suburbs in the town.
The area is served by
Lapal Primary School
Halesowen ( ) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of West Midlands, England.
Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire, the town is around from Birmingham city centre, and from ...
and
Leasowes High School
Leasowes High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Halesowen in the West Midlands of England.
It regularly performs well in the Dudley Borough's GCSE league tables; and there is a high application rate amongst primary school le ...
, the Royal Oak public house and a small cluster of shops opposite, including a newsagent/post office, bakery, fish and chip shop, Chinese take-away, pharmacy and general grocery store. Also to be found in the area the ruins of the 13th century Halesowen Abbey, located in a field off the Manor Way by-pass.
The area has local bus connections with Halesowen town centre,
Stourbridge,
Brierley Hill,
Cradley Heath,
Merry Hill, Birmingham and
Oldbury. It is situated near to Junction 3 of the
M5 motorway.
The disused
Lapal Canal Tunnel is nearby.
Areas of Dudley
Halesowen
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