Blakenall Heath

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Map sources for Blakenall Heath at grid reference SO9786

Blakenall Heath is a neighbourhood in Walsall, West Midlands, England. It straddles the border of Walsall and neighbouring town Bloxwich.

It was originally a rural area north of Walsall, but the face of the area changed dramatically between 1918 and 1939.

Farmland gave way to council housing, which surrounded the local church and a few pre-1914 buildings, and further developments took place in the thirty years following the end of the Second World War. Walsall borough's first council house was built in Blakenall Heath, on Blakenall Lane, during June 1920.

Blakenall Heath is the centre of the Blakenall ward of Walsall, which has the highest poverty and crime rates in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. It has been targeted for regeneration as part of the government's New Deal project since 2001. Improvements are well underway, with several hundred homes either demolished or due to be demolished, and replaced by a mix of private and rented houses and flats. The regeneration is only in its early stages, and completion is not expected for several years yet.

The area is often confused with the Blakenhall area of nearby Wolverhampton. In fact, even Walsall Council have been known to misspell 'Blakenall' on road and direction signs.