WS1 1LA

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WS1 1LA - Coal Pool

CoalPool is a housing estate in Walsall, West Midlands, England. Most of the homes in area were built by the local council during the 1930s, with a smaller development taking place in the late 1940s which marked the resumption of council house building in the borough after World War II.

During World War II, an air raid on a house in Beddows Road on 14 November 1940 resulted in a 19-year-old Blakenall Heath man being seriously injured; he died in Walsall Manor Hospital shortly afterwards. This was the only civilian fatality during the Second World War.

Community facilities and housing have been improved and relatively little demolition has taken place around CoalPool, with the overwhelming majority of the properties being refurbished." [1]

Situated in local authority Birchills Leamore, Coal Pool is classed as urban with major conurbation. Nearest towns are Walsall (1 miles away), Willenhall (2 miles away), Wednesbury (2 miles away), with the capital city, London being 112 miles away.

West Midlands

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county found in central England that was formed in 1974 from parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire and is made up of seven metropolitan boroughs: Walsall, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, the City of Wolverhampton, the City of Coventry and the City of Birmingham.

These cities offer plenty of excitement and the area has long had a reputation for industrial heritage, fantastic museums, new and exciting art galleries and a vibrant and entertaining nightlife.

In Dudley for example, there are attractions such as the Dudley Zoo or the Black Country Living Museum, and there is the Dudley Canal and Tunnel as well as the ruins of Dudley Castle and numerous beautiful churches (such as the Church of St. Edmund or the Church of St. James the Great).

There are beautiful churches to be found in Wolverhampton too, from St. Peter's Collegiate Church and St. Peter's Gardens to the Church of St. John.

Also worth a look are Wightwick Manor and Moseley Old Hall. However, the highlight of the West Midlands must surely be the city of Birmingham, a city that has cast off its reputation as an industrial, grim city and swapped manufacturing for culture, the arts and entertaining. This is a city of exquisite dining (particularly the curry) and fantastic nightlife, endless shopping and constant entertainment.

From the impressive National Exhibition Centre to the football at Villa Park, or from watching the cricket at Edgbaston, home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, to shopping in the stunning Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the space-age Selfridges Store, (designed using a weird 'skin' of 15,000 spun aluminium discs), one thing Birmingham knows how to do is entertain.

Where is it?

Location
Coal Pool

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Ward
Birchills Leamore

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Local Authority
Walsall

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Council

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Constituency

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County
West Midlands

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Region
West Midlands

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Country
England

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Classification
Urban with Major Conurbation

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Area Type
Metropolitan District

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ONS GSS ID
E00168245

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LSOADZ_NAME
Walsall 030A

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Government ID
Walsall 030

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Coordinates
52.586, -1.985

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Phone Code
(01922) xxxxxx

Nearby Towns

Walsall	1.3 mi
Willenhall	2.1 mi
Wednesbury	2.3 mi
Bilston	4.3 mi
Birmingham	8.8 mi
Coventry	23.8 mi
Derby	31.5 mi
Cardiff	92.5 mi
London	111.6 mi
Edinburgh	237 mi