Lapal

Lapal is a residential area of Halesowen, in the Dudley district, in the county of the West Midlands of England (part of Worcestershire until 1974).

In the late 1970s the large Abbeyfields estate was built alongside the currently disused portion of the Dudley Canal, adding to its already extensive owner-occupier housing stock.

[citation needed] The area is served by Lapal Primary School and Leasowes High School, the Royal Oak public house and a small cluster of shops opposite, including a newsagent/post office, bakery, fish and chip shop, Chinese take-away, pharmacy and general grocery store.

Also to be found in the area the ruins of the 13th century Halesowen Abbey, located in a field off the Manor Way by-pass.

The area has local bus connections with Halesowen town centre, Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, Cradley Heath, Merry Hill, Birmingham and Oldbury.