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This feature is devoted to a showcase of the wonderful historic clock towers across Birmingham and the West Midlands that are available for people to go and enjoy.
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St Matthew's Church is a C of E parish church in Walsall. Rebuilt 1820-21 by Francis Goodwin. Contains remains of a 1220 church dedicated to All Saints. Grade II* listed building.
The James Bridge Aqueduct was opened on the Walsall Canal in 1797. It is Grade II listed. Under it is the Bentley Mill Way (formerly Bentley Mill Lane). The River Tame is below as well.
The Bescot Stadium was built during 1989-90 and was opened in 1990. It is the home ground of Walsall Football Club. From 2007 to 2022 it was known as the Bank's Stadium.
Bloxwich Station is in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in Bloxwich. The present station opened in 1989, but a previous station to the south was open from 1858 to 1964-65.
Bloxwich North Station is on the Chase Line between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley. The station opened in 1989. Usually two trains an hour in both directions from Birmingham to Rugeley.
Bescot Stadium Station gained it's name in 1990 to serve the nearby Bescot Stadium, home of Walsall FC, but a Bescot Station has been on this site since 1850.
There has been a railway station in Walsall since at least 1837. The current station building mostly dates to the 1960s when the line was electrified from Birmingham New Street.
A Grammar School founded by Queen Mary I in 1554. The current Tudorbethan buildings in Walsall dates to around 1850 at Littleton Street East and Upper Forster Street. Re-founded in 1893.
The Leather Museum opened in Walsall back in 1988, in a restored Victorian factory building. It tells the story of the Walsall leather trade.
The New Art Gallery Walsall is located at Gallery Square near the Walsall Town Arm of the Walsall Canal. Opened in the year 2000. Galleries on four floors.
The Walsall Clock Tower is located outside of The Co-operative Food on the corner of St Paul's Street and Bridge Street. It dates to 1883. It replaced a clock near the site from 1854-57.
Walsall Arboretum is a Victorian public park situated on Broadway North in Walsall and it opened to the public in 1874. The large lake is the Hatherton Lake, there is also the Small Pool.
Birmingham & West Midlands Trains - With People with Passion we're building gallery & collection of posts looking at the past, present & future of the region's trains.
Here we feature the locomotives and trains of the past and why its so important to protect them and promote the great work of those who help protect them for us all to enjoy.
Select a passion of interest and view the posts. The number of passion points gathered shows what your community is passionate about.