Wednesbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England, historically part of Staffordshire. It sits between West Bromwich and Walsall and is firmly in the heart of the Black Country, its name deriving from Old English for 'Woden's borough'.
Once dominated by coal mining, ironworking and other heavy industries, Wednesbury has undergone significant post‑industrial change and now mixes pockets of regeneration, retail and light industry with traditional working‑class neighbourhoods and a regular market. Local points of interest include the Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery and historic churches, and the town is remembered in law by the 1948 court decision that coined the term 'Wednesbury unreasonableness'; transport links make it readily commutable into Birmingham and the wider region.
Postcode districts covering Wednesbury
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 8.4 miles
- Coventry 23.7 miles
- Wolverhampton 5.4 miles
- Dudley 5 miles
- Walsall 2.2 miles
- Telford 21.4 miles
- West Bromwich 2 miles
- Solihull 13.1 miles
- Burton upon Trent 23.2 miles
- Sutton Coldfield 8 miles
- Nuneaton 22.1 miles
- Cannock 9.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Wednesbury North Ward 0.5 miles
- Friar Park Ward 0.8 miles
- Wednesbury South Ward 1.1 miles
- Darlaston Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Darlaston South Ward 1.5 miles
- Hateley Heath Ward 1.5 miles
- Pleck Ward 1.6 miles
- Palfrey Ward 1.8 miles
- Bentley and Darlaston North Ward 1.8 miles
- Princes End Ward 2 miles
- West Bromwich Built-up area 2 miles
- Great Bridge Ward 2.1 miles
Example postcodes in Wednesbury
WS10 9RB, WS10 9HG, WS10 0BZ, WS10 9QL, WS10 9DF, WS10 7NU, WS10 0BY, WS10 9PD, WS10 9BH … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 13.2 miles
- East Midlands Airport 34.4 miles
- Bescot Stadium Railway Station 1 mile
- Tame Bridge Parkway Railway Station 1.6 miles
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Schools in Wednesbury
- Albert Pritchard Infant School Primary
- Holyhead Primary Academy Primary
- Mesty Croft Primary Primary
- Old Park Primary School Primary
- Park Hill Primary School Primary
- St John's C of E Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Wood Green Academy Secondary
- Wood Green Junior School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bescot Stadium Stadium 1.1 miles
- The Hawthorns Stadium 3.8 miles
- Kings Standing Wood Forest 5.5 miles
- Molineux Stadium Stadium 5.5 miles
- Villa Park Stadium 6.2 miles
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Recreation 6.5 miles
- University of Aston in Birmingham University 7.1 miles
- Upper West Mall Shopping centre 7.3 miles
- Sutton Park Estate 7.6 miles
- St Andrew's Stadium 8.2 miles
- Selly Oak Colleges Library Library 8.9 miles
- Hagley Hall Country house 10.1 miles