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Walsall (/ ˈ w ɔː l s ɔː l / ⓘ, or / ˈ w ɒ l s ɔː l /; locally / ˈ w ɔː s ʊ l /) is a market town and administrative centre of the borough of the same name in the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Birmingham, 7 miles (11 km) east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles (14 ...
The site, formerly the Shambles, a meat market dating from the medieval period, was redeveloped as a shopping arcade in 1895–7. The architect was Jonathon Ellis. Originally named Digbeth Arcade, it has been restored in recent years, and renamed Victorian Arcade. The T-shaped plan is unchanged from the original design. [1] Inside the arcade
Brownhills is a historic market and industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall of the West Midlands, England.The town is located south of Cannock Chase and close to the large Chasewater reservoir, it is 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Walsall, a similar distance southwest of Lichfield and 13 miles (20.9 km) miles north-northwest of Birmingham.
Junction of Market Place and Walsall Street; junction of Cross Street and Upper Lichfield Street; junction of Stafford Street and Union Street; junction of New Road and Newlands Close, Willenhall 52°35′06″N 2°03′22″W / 52.584931°N 2.056029°W / 52.584931; -2.
Walsall was one of the towns most affected by the Beeching Axe, which resulted in passenger services being withdrawn on the line to Dudley in July 1964 and on the Wolverhampton - Walsall - Lichfield City - Burton-upon-Trent [10] and Walsall - Sutton Park - Birmingham routes in January 1965. [11]
Bloxwich is the most deprived area of Walsall, which is itself in the 10% most deprived areas of the UK. [11] 32% of children in the north of Walsall, covering Bloxwich, Blakenall and Birchills-Leamore received free school meals in 2021. [11] Of the four areas of Walsall, the north had the highest number of children excluded from school in 2021 ...
Following the takeover of Walsall F.C. by Terry Ramsden in 1986, plans were drawn up for the club to move from its antiquated Fellows Park stadium to a new site in the town. In 1988, a site at Bescot Crescent was identified as the location for a new stadium, and work began on the new stadium in 1989 with completion targeted for the start of the ...
The present station opened in 1989, as part of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall to Hednesford to passenger trains under British Rail.An earlier Bloxwich station existed a few hundred yards to the south, just north of the site of the former level crossing and Bloxwich Signal Box (which in April 2011 still retained its London Midland Region of British Railways ...