How Do I Contact Walsall Council?

Contact information:

1. Address: Walsall Council, The Civic Centre, Walsall WS1 1TP.
2. Phone: 01922 650000. Office hours: 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Thursday, and 8.45am to 4.45pm on Friday.

What time does Walsall Council close?

Opening hours

Who runs Walsall Council?

Dr Helen Paterson
Dr Helen Paterson is the Chief Executive of Walsall Council and is the head of the paid service. The council is organised into four directorates, with specific areas of influence.

What area does Walsall Council cover?

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.

What council is Walsall under?

Walsall Council, formerly Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council was created in 1974 to administer the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council was assessed by the Audit Commission in 2008 and judged to be “improving well” in providing services for local people.

What is the most deprived area in Walsall?

Blakenall
The average IMD score for each Walsall ward is shown in Table 6, based on a population-weighted average of the scores of the best-fit of LSOAs in each ward. Ranked for Walsall, these scores show Blakenall remains the most deprived ward overall, while Streetly is the least deprived.

How many people are homeless in Walsall?

Their figures also showed that there are a total of 603 homeless people out of a population of 281,293 – 20 of which are living on the streets.

How many Muslims are in Walsall?

22,146
Further information about the population structure:

What is the oldest pub in Walsall?

The hostelry is one of the town’s most ancient and historic, and has been used as an Inn from as early as 1707 when the building was leased from the Corporation of Walsall by Ephraim Deykin.

Is Walsall classed as the Black Country?

The Black Country is comprised of the four local authority areas of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton and sits in the heart of the West Midlands.

What are the best areas in Walsall?

North Walsall areas include Beechdale, Blakenhall Heath, Bloxwich, Birchills, Dudley Fields, Harden and Leamore. Bloxwich is a separate small town with its own amenities. Bloxwich has railway stations at Bloxwich and Bloxwich North which have services to Birmingham New Street in around 30 minutes.

Why is there a hippo in Walsall?

Further digging reveals the concrete Hippo was in fact designed and made by local architect John Wood, who initially thought it an April fool’s joke and needed some persuading from the council before he believed them!

Is Walsall classed as Birmingham?

It embraces seven metropolitan boroughs: the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, and the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.
West Midlands (county)

Why is Walsall called Walsall?

The place name of Walsall is now generally believed to derive from the Old English personal name ‘Walh’, thought to be from the Saxon term for a Briton or Welshman, and ‘H(e)alh’ meaning ‘a sheltered place’.

Why is Walsall called the Black Country?

The Black Country gained its name in the mid nineteenth century due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges plus also the working of the shallow and 30ft thick coal seams.

Is Walsall classed as Staffordshire?

In 1974, Walsall was transferred from the county of Staffordshire to form the metropolitan county of the West Midlands. The Saddlers’ Centre, a modern shopping complex, was opened in the town centre in 1980.

What is the most deprived town in the UK?

Kensington and Chelsea has the highest Moran’s I in England. Despite having one of the highest average household incomes in England, the north of Kensington and Chelsea has some of the most income-deprived neighbourhoods. Grenfell Tower is in this more deprived area.

What is the least deprived area in the UK?

Each of the 533 constituencies is ranked, with number one representing the most deprived area and number 533, Wokingham’s current position, being the area with the least deprivation.

Where is the least deprived place in England?

At the other end of the scale, it turns out Hart is the least deprived area across the whole country. Local authorities are ranked on the overall Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), which is the official measure of relative deprivation in England.

What are people from Walsall called?

For example, the formal demonym for Walsall is Walsallian – however the pronunciation is Wal-sal-ian (emphasis on ‘sal’); similarly, I believe that someone from Cannock is a Cannockian, but this is pronounced Can-nock-ian (emphasis on ‘nock’), if that makes sense.

What is Walsall nickname?

The Saddlers
The club’s nickname, “The Saddlers“, reflects Walsall’s status as a traditional centre for saddle manufacture.