Walsall (Metropolitan Borough of) (Walsall)
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The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a local government district in the Black Country part of the Metropolitan County of the West Midlands, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes the towns of Aldridge, Brownhills, Darlaston, Streetly and Willenhall. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG35) and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region. The borough had an estimated population of 254,500 in 2007.
The current boundaries were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, with a change to the north of the borough in 1994. 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.
In 1986 the borough became an effective unitary authority when the West Midlands County Council was abolished. However it remains part of the West Midlands for ceremonial purposes, and for functions such as policing, fire and public transport.
www.walsall.gov.uk/
Official Walsall M.B.C. large-scale interactive on-line digi-map used to draw attached polygon can be found @ :
cms.walsall.gov.uk/walsallmaps.htm
The current boundaries were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, with a change to the north of the borough in 1994. 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.
In 1986 the borough became an effective unitary authority when the West Midlands County Council was abolished. However it remains part of the West Midlands for ceremonial purposes, and for functions such as policing, fire and public transport.
www.walsall.gov.uk/
Official Walsall M.B.C. large-scale interactive on-line digi-map used to draw attached polygon can be found @ :
cms.walsall.gov.uk/walsallmaps.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Walsall
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Coordinates: 52°36'18"N 1°58'30"W
- Sandwell 9 km
- Solihull (Metropolitan Borough) 12 km
- Dudley (Metropolitan Borough of) 16 km
- Stafford 51 km
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough 66 km
- Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham 106 km
- Borough of Basingstoke and Deane 140 km
- London Borough of Hillingdon 148 km
- London Borough of Barnet 155 km
- London Borough of Croydon 181 km
- Walsall Arboretum 2.1 km
- Reedswood Park 2.2 km
- Calderfields Golf Club 2.7 km
- Jockey Fields SSSI 3.1 km
- Former site of Walsall Aldridge airport 3.1 km
- Pelsall North Common Local Nature Reserve 3.8 km
- Clayhanger SSSI 4.2 km
- Essington Civil Parish 5.4 km
- Post Codes WV12 & WV13 5.6 km
- South Staffordshire 12 km
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