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Walsall manufactured the Queen's handbags, saddles for the royal family and leathergoods for the Prince of Wales. Walsall is the traditional home of the English saddle manufacturing industry, hence the nickname of Walsall Football Club, "the Saddlers".
Jul 16, 2024 · Walsall, metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Midlands, historic county of Staffordshire, west-central England. It is situated on a ridge between the industrial districts of Wolverhampton and Birmingham and is centred on the historic town of Walsall (the administrative centre).
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- Walsall Leather Museum. At the turn of the 20th century some 10,000 people were employed in and around Walsall making leather, mainly for horse saddles, bridles and reins.
- Walsall Arboretum. The town’s lovely main park was opened in 1874 and is a prized local amenity home to more than 10,000 tree and shrub species in 80 acres.
- The New Art Gallery Walsall. The centrepiece of a scheme to regenerate Walsall’s canal area for the new millennium, the New Art Gallery was completed in 2000 and shortlisted for the Stirling Prize that year.
- Aston Manor Road Transport Museum. This fabulous collection of old buses used to be at the Witton Tram Depot in Birmingham, before finally taking up residence in the Walsall suburb of Aldridge in 2013.
Walsall 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 north-west of Birmingham, 7 miles east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles from Lichfield. Map. Directions. Satellite.
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Walsall is a market town in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. It iwas historically part of Staffordshire. Its town centre is 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Birmingham and 6 miles (10 km) east of Wolverhampton.
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