Rushall and Shelfield are residential suburbs of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. Rushall sits beside the area's canal network and is best known locally for Rushall Junction, where the short Rushall Canal meets the Wyrley and Essington Canal, giving good opportunities for waterside walks and angling. Shelfield lies a little to the east and has the feel of a former mining and industrial village that has been suburbanised with post‑war housing and local shops.
Both places share the wider social history of the Black Country - industrial roots, tight‑knit community life and a shift toward light industry, retail and commuting into nearby centres such as Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Today you’ll find community clubs, parks and canal towpaths that are important local assets, while traces of their coal‑mining and canal transport past still shape streets, place names and local heritage projects.
Postcode districts covering Rushall and Shelfield
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Coventry 23.6 miles38 km
- Wolverhampton 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Dudley 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Walsall 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Telford 22.5 miles36.3 km
- West Bromwich 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Solihull 15 miles24.2 km
- Burton upon Trent 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Sutton Coldfield 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Nuneaton 20.5 miles33 km
- Cannock 6.5 miles10.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Rushall-Shelfield Ward 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Pelsall Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- Blakenall Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Aldridge Built-up area 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Aldridge North and Walsall Wood Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Aldridge Central and South Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Bloxwich East Ward 1.8 miles3 km
- Bloxwich Built-up area 1.8 miles3 km
- Clayhanger Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- St. Matthew's Ward 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Birchills Leamore Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Brownhills Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
Example postcodes in Rushall and Shelfield
WS4 1PS, WS4 1JU, WS3 4BN, WS4 1QU, WS4 1DR, WS4 1QH, WS4 1TE, WS4 1EH, WS3 4BW … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 14 miles22.5 km
- East Midlands Airport 30.3 miles48.7 km
- Walsall Railway Station 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Bloxwich Railway Station 2.4 miles3.9 km
Hotels near Rushall and Shelfield Ad
- Fairlawns Hotel and Spa 4 2.5 miles4 km
- The Woden Boutique Hotel Walsall M6 J9 4.9 miles7.8 km
- Holiday Inn Express Walsall M6j10 3 3.1 miles5 km
- Calderfields Golf & Country Club 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Days Inn Cannock - Norton Canes 3 3.6 miles5.8 km
- A Park View Hotel 3 8 miles12.8 km
- Park Inn by Radisson Birmingham Walsall 3 3.6 miles5.8 km
- New Hall Hotel & Spa 4 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Holiday Inn Express Lichfield 3 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Clover Spa and Hotel 3 7.7 miles12.4 km
Schools in Rushall and Shelfield
- Elmwood School Special
- Greenfield Primary School Primary
- Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy Secondary
- Radleys Primary School Primary
- St Francis Catholic Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bescot Stadium Stadium 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Kings Standing Wood Forest 4.3 miles7 km
- Sutton Park Estate 6 miles9.6 km
- Radmore Abbey Historic site 6.3 miles10.2 km
- The Hawthorns Stadium 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Molineux Stadium Stadium 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Villa Park Stadium 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Recreation 8 miles12.9 km
- University of Aston in Birmingham University 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Upper West Mall Shopping centre 9.6 miles15.5 km
- St Andrew's Stadium 10.1 miles16.3 km
- The Lamb Ground Stadium 11.2 miles18 km