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The stretch between these junctions is one of the busiest in Europe. The town is also served by A34 road which connects Manchester and the M42 motorway towards London, and is connected regionally by the A454 Black Country route. In 2018, the UK Department for Transport estimated that 953 million miles were driven on Walsall's roads. [39]
Walsall (/ ˈ w ɔː l s ɔː l / ⓘ, or / ˈ w ɒ l s ɔː l /; locally / ˈ w ɔːr s ʌ l /) is a large market town and administrative centre in West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire , it is located 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Birmingham , 7 miles (11 km) east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles (14 km) from Lichfield .
At the time of the 2001 census, there were 105,590 people (41.7%) in employment who were resident within Walsall Metropolitan Borough. Of these, 18.60% worked within the wholesale and retail trade, including repair of motor vehicles; 26.44% worked within manufacturing industry; and 9.85% worked within the health and social work sector. [27]
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.
The WS postcode area, also known as the Walsall postcode area, [2] is a group of fifteen postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover the northern part of the West Midlands (including Walsall and Wednesbury ) and much of south-east Staffordshire (including Lichfield , Cannock , Burntwood and Rugeley ).
A copper works was established on the site, in western Walsall, Staffordshire, in 1917. The site was located adjacent to the Walsall Canal and utilised an old canal basin, formerly used by ironstone mines in the area, to unload coal that fuelled the works. [1] The site was previously occupied by the James Bridge Colliery and James Bridge ...
It is near to one of the main roads in Walsall, the Broadway, and is on the other side of the Broadway to a Victorian park, Walsall Arboretum. Walsall F.C. played at the Chuckery ground from their foundation in 1888 until 1893. The site is now covered in housing. [1]
Daisy Bank is a residential area on the eastern outskirts of the town of Walsall; the Rushall Canal is nearby. It is served by National Express West Midlands no. 934 bus route. [1] Engineer and philanthropist Samson Fox died at Daisy Bank on 24 October 1903. [2] Darlaston; Darlaston Green; Daw End; The Delves; Druid's Heath; Dudley's Fields ...