Birchills Leamore is an urban area just north of Walsall town centre in the West Midlands, lying within the traditional industrial landscape of the Black Country. The neighbourhood is notable for its canal frontage - stretches of the Wyrley and Essington Canal and the Birmingham Canal Navigations run through the area, giving pleasant towpath walks and a reminder of the transport routes that once served local industry.
The locality has roots in coal and light manufacturing and much of the built environment reflects post‑war council housing and later redevelopment. Today it has a mixed, multicultural population and a community focus on regeneration and improving local services, with initiatives aimed at housing improvement, employment and leisure along the canals; many residents commute into Walsall and nearby centres for work and shopping.
Postcode districts covering Birchills Leamore
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 10.5 miles
- Coventry 24.8 miles
- Wolverhampton 5.3 miles
- Dudley 7.8 miles
- Walsall 1.9 miles
- Telford 20.8 miles
- West Bromwich 4.6 miles
- Solihull 15.2 miles
- Burton upon Trent 20.7 miles
- Sutton Coldfield 7.9 miles
- Nuneaton 22.2 miles
- Cannock 6.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Blakenall Ward 0.8 miles
- Bloxwich Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Pleck Ward 1.5 miles
- Bloxwich East Ward 1.6 miles
- Short Heath Ward 1.6 miles
- Bloxwich West Ward 1.7 miles
- St. Matthew's Ward 1.7 miles
- Bentley and Darlaston North Ward 1.7 miles
- Willenhall North Ward 1.7 miles
- Willenhall Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Walsall Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Rushall and Shelfield Built-up area 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Birchills Leamore
WS3 2AY, WS2 8SR, WS2 7EA, WS2 8BW, WS2 7RB, WS2 7LL, WS2 7LZ, WS2 8TG, WS3 2AE … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 14.7 miles
- East Midlands Airport 32.4 miles
- Walsall Railway Station 1.3 miles
- Bloxwich Railway Station 1.3 miles
Hotels near Birchills Leamore Ad
- Holiday Inn Express Walsall M6 J10 3 1.2 miles
- Village Hotel Birmingham Walsall 3 1.2 miles
- Fairlawns, Hotel And Spa 4 4.1 miles
- Holiday Inn Walsall M6 JCT 10 3 1 mile
- Premier Inn Walsall Town Centre 3 1.1 miles
- Calderfields Golf & Country Club 2.1 miles
- Walsall (M6, J10) 3 1.6 miles
- Premier Inn Walsall 3 1.6 miles
- Lucarelli Inn 3 5.3 miles
- Beverley Hotel 3 1.4 miles
Schools in Birchills Leamore
- Birchills C of E Community Academy Primary
- Bloxwich Academy All ages
- Castle School Special
- Croft Academy Primary
- Phoenix Academy Special
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall Primary
Local points of interest
- Bescot Stadium Stadium 2.4 miles
- Molineux Stadium Stadium 5.5 miles
- Kings Standing Wood Forest 5.5 miles
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Recreation 6 miles
- The Hawthorns Stadium 6.4 miles
- Sutton Park Estate 7.4 miles
- Radmore Abbey Historic site 7.6 miles
- Villa Park Stadium 7.9 miles
- University of Aston in Birmingham University 9.2 miles
- Upper West Mall Shopping centre 9.6 miles
- St Andrew's Stadium 10.2 miles
- Selly Oak Colleges Library Library 11.8 miles