Walsall

Walsall
Clockwise from top left: St Matthew's Church, arboretum, canal basin, former Institute of Science and Art, Saturday market in town centre, Art Gallery from canal wharf
Walsall Location within the West Midlands
Population	67,594 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SP0198
• London	124 mi (200 km)
Metropolitan borough	Walsall
Shire county	Staffordshire
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town (2011 census BUASD)	List Alumwell Beechdale Bescot Birchills Blakenall Heath Bloxwich (Town) Caldmore Chuckery Delves Dudley Fields Fullbrook Harden Highgate Leamore Little Bloxwich Maw Green Mossley Paddock Palfrey Pleck Rushall Shelfield St Matthews Turnberry Estate Wallington Heath Yew Tree (part)
Post town	WALSALL
Postcode district	WS1–WS6, WS8, WS9
Dialling code	01922
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Walsall North Walsall South
List of places UK England West Midlands 52°35′N 1°59′W / 52.58°N 1.98°W / 52.58; -1.98

Walsall (/ˈwɔːlsɔːl/ ^ⓘ, or /ˈwɒlsɔːl/; locally /ˈwɔːsʊl/) is a market town and administrative centre in the 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.

Walsall is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. It was transferred from Staffordshire to the newly created West Midlands County in 1974. At the 2011 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 67,594,^[2] with the wider borough having a population of 269,323.^[3] Neighbouring settlements in the borough include Darlaston, Brownhills, Pelsall, Willenhall, Bloxwich and Aldridge.