THERE will be a fun, food, poetry and music in Halesowen town centre next weekend as the town's heritage trail is relaunched.

Halesowen Heritage day is being held on Saturday September 14 from 11am until 3pm in Somers Square.

Vintage singer Darcie Edwards will perform and there will be a Victorian Fairground ride, information stalls, cakes and poets.

Halesowen BID ambassador Ellie Hunt said: "We have D-Day Darlings founder and lead singer Katie Ashby joining us.

"It’s set to be a fun day as we celebrate Halesowen’s Heritage"

BID manager Vicky Rogers with a Halesowen Heritage Trail mapBID manager Vicky Rogers with a Halesowen Heritage Trail map (Image: Handout)

The event will also mark the re-launch of Halesowen’s heritage trail which takes in historical highlights such as Whitefriars cottage, St John's Church, Meriden House, the former Fox Inn in Great Cornbow and the Nailmakers Warehouse in Laurel Lane.

The trail lasts around two hours and takes participants out of the town centre and as far as Leasowes Park and Hawne Basin Marina.

Leaflets lay out the route and landmarks around it.

Halesowen Town Centre can be traced back to the 1086 Domesday Survey although the manor and town of ‘Halas’ is thought to be Anglo-Saxon.

‘Halesowen’ is from the early Anglo-Saxon ‘Halas’ meaning nook/remote valley and the Medieval Welsh name ‘Owen’.

From the early C13th, it was a thriving market town due to Halesowen Abbey, becoming a local centre for woollen cloth weaving and as a regional market centre for corn.