Welcome to Sandwell Council

Sandwell lies in the heart of the West Midlands, in an area of the UK known as "The Black Country". There are six main towns which make up Sandwell; Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.

Crack Down on Littering

The mass clean up efforts of over 3500 volunteers during The Big Spring Clean earlier this year have not gone unnoticed. Sandwell Council have launched an intense 'zero tolerance on litter' campaign to fight the battle against litter in the borough.

The campaign aims to raise awareness about the £75 fixed penalty notice for littering enforced by Sandwell wardens and focuses on a crack down of cigarette butts, fast food and snack related litter.

Ancient Greece in Sandwell

In the year of the Olympics Sandwell Museums are hosting a new exhibition about the Ancient Greeks at Wednesbury Museum. Step into our Greek temple and see lots of beautiful ancient Greek artefacts on loan from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and Manchester Museum.

Also lots of hands-on activities for children and a Free family fun day on 11th October. The exhibition runs from 26th August to 13th December and entrance is free.

Get Caught Reading - And Win A Prize

Celebrate the National Year of Reading by entering our fantastic photographic competition - and win a £100 high street voucher!

Sandwell Council has teamed up with the Express and Star newspaper to run the Get Caught Reading competition. Simply take a photograph of someone reading in an usual location to have a chance of winning. Selected entries will also be featured in the newspaper.

Bargain Compost Bins Offer

The Council has again joined up with the Recycle Now Home Composting Campaign to encourage us all to reduce the amount of organic waste sent to landfill and at the same time produce useful compost at home.

Compost bins start from as little as £17.00 including free home delivery.