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One of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution, Dudley was a market town and, before the coal, limestone, and iron industries decline and the commercial centre relocation to the Shopping Centre of Merry Hill nearby in the 1980s, grew into an industrial centre in the 19th century. Dudley Zoo and Castle, the 12th century ruins, and the Black Country Living Museum include Tourist attractions.

Constructed by Ansculf de Picquigny, William's father in 1070 after his town acquisition, Dudley Castle served as the extensive Dudley Barony's seat, which, across England, in different counties possessed estates. Financed by William Humble Eric Ward, the Earl of Dudley, to replace the 1870 building, Priory Road's Dudley Council House in 1935 was opened by King George V. There are railway stations in Dudley, both over a mile from Dudley town centre, these are Dudley Port and Tipton, according to ONS.

Dudley Wood Primary School, Kates Hill Primary School, Priory Primary School, Russells Hall Primary School, Sledmere Primary School, Highgate Primary School, Milking Bank Primary School, Foxyards Primary School, Northfield Road Primary School, Wrens Nest Primary School, Blowers Green Primary School, and Netherbrook Primary School (in Netherton), include primary schools in the town. Created in association with Dudley College, the Dudley Academies Trust runs these: The Pegasus Academy in Holly Hall, Link Academy in Netherton, St James Academy near the centre of the town, and Beacon Hill Academy in Sedgley.

Until absorption into the Birmingham Evening Mail in late 1986, Dudley was served by the Dudley Evening Mail. As part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak, Dudley was struck by an F1/T2 on 23 November 1981. Built into the castle grounds, Dudley Zoo houses a collection of endangered species, and the largest collection of Tecton buildings in the world.

Sir Gilbert Claughton and The Blue Coat School merged to form Castle High School, as well as The Dudley, in the town other schools include Rosland Secondary School, which, in 1970, became part of The Blue Coat School, and Park Secondary School. To accommodate blinded miners, the Guest Hospital, the oldest, was created as a charity hospital by the Earl of Dudley in 1849.

To become Dudley Primary Care Trust, Dudley South Primary Care Trust and Primary Care Trust of Dudley Beacon and Castle merged in October 2006. One can find St John's church in Kate's Hill of Dudley, whose graveyard contains a 19th-century Prizefighter, William Perry's burial place, known as the Tipton Slasher.