Metropolitan Borough of Walsall

Borough of Walsall
Metropolitan borough
From left to right Top: Walsall Council House Middle: Willenhall St Giles Church and Pelsall Common Bottom: Aldridge War Memorial and Barr Beacon
Coat of arms
Walsall shown within the West Midlands and England
Coordinates: 52°34′48″N 1°58′48″W / 52.58000°N 1.98000°W / 52.58000; -1.98000
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Historic county	Staffordshire
Admin HQ	Walsall
Metropolitan borough status	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Governing body	Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
• Mayor	Chris Towe
• MPs:	Valerie Vaz (L) Eddie Hughes (C) Wendy Morton (C)
Area
• Total	40.14 sq mi (103.95 km2)
Population  (2022)
• Total	286,105 (Ranked 55th)
• Density	6,943/sq mi (2,681/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 71.4% White 18.7% Asian 3.3% Mixed 4.6% Black 2.1% other[2]
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 47.1% Christianity 31.9% no religion 11.9% Islam 1.9% Hinduism 0.1% Judaism 6.4% Sikhism 0.2% Buddhism 0.6% other 0.1% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode	WS (1–6, 8–10) WV (12, 13, 14) B (43, 74)
Area code(s)	01922, 01902, 01543 & 0121
ISO 3166-2	GB-WLL
ONS code	00CU (ONS) E08000030 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SP015985
NUTS 3	UKG35
Website	www.walsall.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Pelsall and Willenhall.

The borough had an estimated population of 254,500 in 2007.^[3]

The borough was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It is bounded on the west by the City of Wolverhampton, the south by the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, to the south east by the City of Birmingham, and by the Staffordshire districts of Lichfield, Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire to the east, north and northwest respectively. Most of the borough is highly industrialised and densely populated, but areas around the north and east of the borough are open space.