Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, adjoining the city of Birmingham. The towns that make up Sandwell include West Bromwich, Oldbury, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and Cradley Heath. Sandwell holds the record for the biggest amount of tower blocks demolished in Europe. Over the past 20 years, 61 obsolete tower blocks have been removed from the local authority stock holding. Progress: