Oakham is an area of Dudley, England, situated on the peak of Turners Hill, the highest point in the West Midlands county.

All of the area was historically in Dudley but in 1966 approximately half of it, including the Tividale Hall and Grace Mary housing estates, was incorporated into the county borough of Warley (centred on the former boroughs of Oldbury, Smethwick and Rowley Regis), which in turn merged with West Bromwich in 1974 to form Sandwell.

"Big Bertha", an anti-aircraft gun, was erected at the top of the hill near City Road when World War II broke out in 1939.

These damaged several houses in City Road on the Grace Mary Estate and resulted in 10 civilian deaths as well as many injuries.

[1] On 21 December 1940, a stray shell from the anti-aircraft gun fell down the chimney of the Boat Inn one mile away in Dudley Road East, Tividale, resulting in 13 deaths and dozens of injuries.