the borough of wednesbury ceased to exist in 1966, with the majority being absorbed into west bromwich, and small parts in the county borough of walsall. these changes saw the dangerfield lane estate (developed during the interwar and early postwar years) being absorbed into darlaston (now part of an expanded walsall borough), while the wednesbury section of hateley heath was absorbed into west bromwich township, and wednesbury township gained the friar park estate from west bromwich township. west bromwich amalgamated with warley in 1974 to form the present-day borough of sandwell. wednesbury has the postcode "ws10", shared with darlaston in the borough of walsall.