Willenhall is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the heart of the West Midlands and historically part of Staffordshire. Sitting on the edge of the Black Country and close to Wolverhampton, it has the compact, industrial-town feel of the region with a mix of terraced housing, local shops and a long-established market serving day-to-day life.
Willenhall is best known for its lock‑making and metalworking heritage - once home to dozens of small workshops and family firms that supplied locks, keys and other security hardware across the UK and beyond - and that history still shapes the town’s identity despite post‑war decline and subsequent regeneration. Today it combines that industrial legacy with a working‑class community ethos, local clubs and pubs, and reasonably good commuter links into Birmingham and the wider Midlands.
Postcode districts covering Willenhall
WS2, WS10, WV11, WV12, WV13, WV14
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Wolverhampton 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Dudley 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Walsall 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Telford 19.1 miles30.7 km
- West Bromwich 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Solihull 16.2 miles26 km
- Burton upon Trent 22.3 miles35.8 km
- Sutton Coldfield 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Nuneaton 24 miles38.6 km
- Cannock 7.2 miles11.5 km
- Redditch 21.4 miles34.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Short Heath Ward 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Willenhall South Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Willenhall North Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Wednesfield South Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Bentley and Darlaston North Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Wednesfield North Ward 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Birchills Leamore Ward 1.9 miles3 km
- Darlaston Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- East Park Ward 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Essington Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Bilston North Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Bloxwich West Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
Example postcodes in Willenhall
WV12 5ET, WV12 5YT, WV12 5ED, WV13 2HG, WS10 8LQ, WV11 2RB, WV12 5EP, WV13 2EW, WV13 2HU … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 16 miles25.7 km
- East Midlands Airport 34.1 miles54.9 km
- Bloxwich Railway Station 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Bloxwich North Railway Station 2.3 miles3.7 km
Hotels near Willenhall Ad
- The Woden Boutique Hotel Walsall M6 J9 3.2 miles5.1 km
- A Park View Hotel 3 4 miles6.4 km
- Holiday Inn Express Walsall M6j10 3 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Holiday Inn Wolverhampton - Racecourse 3 4 miles6.4 km
- Domo Boutique Hotel 4 6.6 miles10.7 km
- Novotel Wolverhampton City Centre 3 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Ely House Hotel 3 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Redwings Lodge Wolverhampton Central 3 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Fairlawns Hotel and Spa 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Park Inn by Radisson Birmingham Walsall 3 3.3 miles5.3 km
Schools in Willenhall
- Barcroft Academy Primary
- Beacon Academy Primary
- County Bridge Primary School Primary
- Fibbersley Park Academy Primary
- Jane Lane School Special
- King Charles Primary School Primary
- Lodge Farm Primary School Primary
- New Invention Infant School Primary
- New Invention Learning Academy Primary
- Old Hall School Special
- Pool Hayes Academy Secondary
- Pool Hayes Primary School Primary
- Rosedale C of E C Infant School Primary
- Short Heath Junior School Primary
- St Giles C of E Primary School Primary
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Secondary
- Willenhall E-ACT Academy Secondary
- Woodlands Academy of Learning Primary
Local points of interest
- Bescot Stadium Stadium 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Molineux Stadium Stadium 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Recreation 4.2 miles6.7 km
- The Hawthorns Stadium 7 miles11.2 km
- Kings Standing Wood Forest 7.2 miles11.5 km
- Radmore Abbey Historic site 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Villa Park Stadium 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Sutton Park Estate 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Patshull Hall Estate 9.9 miles16 km
- University of Aston in Birmingham University 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Upper West Mall Shopping centre 10.4 miles16.8 km
- St Andrew's Stadium 11.3 miles18.1 km