Brierley Hill is centrally located in the Black Country,12 miles west of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south of Wolverhampton and 3 miles southwest of Dudley. The area is dominated by the commercial developments of Merry Hill Shopping Centre and both Waterfront East and Waterfront Business Park. The area has been transformed since the mid 1980’s and has good road links through the Black Country and out to the M5 motorway. Junction 2 is 5 miles to the east while Junction 3 is 7 miles to the southeast. The A4036 runs north through the area to Dudley and south towards Hagley and Stourbridge. The Waterfront development is centred around the Dudley Canal and was built in the early 1989 providing commercial accommodation for a wide variety of public and private organisations and employing over 4,000 on the park. Waterfront East Business Park lies on the east side of the canal basin comprising 750,000 sq. ft of office and leisure space, it has historically attracted government departments, regional and local professional firms. Around Hagley Court there are an array of legal, accountancy, insurance, and recruitment companies.