It is situated around the main A461 road which links the major townships of Dudley and Walsall, and stands on the banks of the River Tame.
There was also a railway link which gave passenger services to major towns including Stourbridge, Dudley, Walsall and West Bromwich.
Passenger train services have been absent from Horseley Heath since the mid-1960s, when the Beeching cuts resulted in the closure of the local railway station.
The line through Horseley Heath remained open to freight trains until 1993, and is set to re-open in the 2020s as the second phase of the West Midlands Metro.
[4] Next door to St Martin's, Tipton Police Station was opened in the 1860s, constructed in distinctive Staffordshire Blue Brick.