Willenhall: Walsall's Lock Making Town in the Heart of the Black Country
Willenhall is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, roughly nine miles northwest of Birmingham city centre. The population is approximately 28,000. For over three centuries, Willenhall was the lock-making capital of Britain. At the industry's peak in the Victorian period, hundreds of small workshops and factories in the town produced locks, keys, and latches for the domestic and export markets. The Lock Museum on New Road, housed in a former locksmith's house, preserves the tools and techniques of the trade. Some specialist lock and security firms still operate locally. The town's market charter dates to 1232, and the Memorial Park on Pinson Road, opened in 1922, commemorates local men who fell in the First World War.
Willenhall does not have a railway station, though plans for a Midland Metro tram extension through the town have been proposed. The A454 Wolverhampton Road runs east-west through the centre, connecting to Wolverhampton (three miles west) and Walsall (three miles east). The M6 is accessible at junction 10, about two miles to the north. Bilston and Darlaston are adjacent Black Country neighbours. For those considering adult companionship in the Walsall and Black Country area, Willenhall's road connections to the M6, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham put the wider West Midlands conurbation within easy reach.
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Willenhall is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, roughly nine miles northwest of Birmingham city centre. The population is approximately 28,000. For over three centuries, Willenhall was the lock-making capital of Britain. At the industry's peak in the Victorian period, hundreds of small workshops and factories in the town produced locks, keys, and latches for the domestic and export markets. The Lock Museum on New Road, housed in a former locksmith's house, preserves the tools and techniques of the trade. Some specialist lock and security firms still operate locally. The town's market charter dates to 1232, and the Memorial Park on Pinson Road, opened in 1922, commemorates local men who fell in the First World War.
Willenhall does not have a railway station, though plans for a Midland Metro tram extension through the town have been proposed. The A454 Wolverhampton Road runs east-west through the centre, connecting to Wolverhampton (three miles west) and Walsall (three miles east). The M6 is accessible at junction 10, about two miles to the north. Bilston and Darlaston are adjacent Black Country neighbours. For those considering adult companionship in the Walsall and Black Country area, Willenhall's road connections to the M6, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham put the wider West Midlands conurbation within easy reach.
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