The 'hidden' Midlands road where Google Maps says you're in three places at once

Brierley Lane in the Coseley and Bradley area
-Credit:Reach Publishing Services Limited


The West Midlands is a bustling place, with one of the busiest road networks in the country. We have roads of all shapes and sizes here.

Motorways, dual carriageways, roundabouts, toll roads, little B-roads, even bridleways harking back to decades gone by, you name it, we've got it. Navigating such a busy area though, motorists will often need to use a sat nav to get about.

It's easy to get lost in such a built-up place, particularly with many areas looking the same. Gone are the days of the old, humble paper maps.

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Nowadays, with the rise of technology, many of us don't even need to purchase a purpose-built sat nav. We can easily use our mobile phones to the job, thanks to apps like Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze.

On Google Maps, you can scroll across towns and cities with your fingertips, seeing where everything is and the best routes to take you to your destination. It can also highlight features in the area, such as borders and boundary lines.

Brierley Lane, which falls under three different council borders. From left to right, the borders of: Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Dudley
Brierley Lane, which falls under three different council borders. From left to right, the borders of: Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Dudley -Credit:Google

Google Maps has highlighted an interesting feature on one road in the Black Country. This relates to Brierley Lane, which runs through the Bradley and Coseley area, between Hall Green Cemetery and Hillside View caravan park.

Here, Brierley Lane passes through three different council boundaries, with the meeting point of all three borders falling several metres to the left of the caravan park entrance. This means that drivers travelling along Brierley Lane could be in Dudley, Sandwell, and Wolverhampton at once.

Dudley's boundary covers the left part of the road, cutting across the road vertically, while Sandwell covers the bottom half of the road horizontally and Wolverhampton the top half of it horizontally.