Shelfield
Shelfield is a historic village in the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England.

Shelfield is a historic village in the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It is conjoined by the nearby suburbs of Walsall Wood and Rushall. The name Shelfield derives from the Anglo Saxon Skelfeld for sloping ground or field.
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Worth seeing in and around Shelfield
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Wyrley and Essington Canal
The Wyrley and Essington Canal, known locally as "the Curly Wyrley", is a canal in the English Midlands. As built it ran from Wolverhampton to Huddlesford Junction near Lichfield, with a number of branches: some parts are currently derelict.
3 km · Narrow canal in the Midlands, England · Wikipedia - 02Cannock Extension Canal
The current Cannock Extension Canal is a 1.8-mile canal in England. It runs from Pelsall Junction on the Wyrley and Essington Canal, north to Norton Canes Docks and forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
3.6 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia - 03St James' Church, Brownhills
St James' Church is the parish church of Brownhills, Clayhanger and Ogley Hay in the West Midlands, England. It is an active place of worship serving the town of Brownhills and the suburbs of Clayhanger and Ogley Hay and also acts as a community hub.
3.5 km · church in Brownhills, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Council House, Brownhills
The Council House is a former municipal building in Chester Road North, Brownhills, West Midlands, England. The building, which is now used as a health centre, is a locally listed building.
3.5 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 05St Peter's Church, Walsall
St Peter's Church is an anglican church on Stafford Street in Walsall, West Midlands, England. The church is an active place of worship and serves the surrounding suburbs of Birchills, Leamore, Coalpool, Harden, Ryecroft and Beechdale.
3.7 km · church building in Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Walsall Arboretum
Walsall Arboretum is a Victorian public park located close to Walsall town centre in the West Midlands of England. Part of the park and surrounding housing are covered by the Arboretum conservation area.
3.6 km · Victorian public park located close to Walsall town centre in the West Midlands of England · Wikipedia - 07Walsall Leather Museum
Walsall Leather Museum is located in Walsall, in the West Midlands in England, and was opened in 1988, in a Victorian factory building renovated by Walsall Council. It tells the story of the leather trade in Walsall, charting the town's rise from a small market town into an international saddle-making centre.
4 km · municipal museum in Walsall, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08St. Michael and All Angels Pelsall Parish Church
St Michael & All Angels Church is an Anglican parish church in Pelsall, West Midlands, England. It was built in 1844 to replace an older church on Paradise Lane and was completed in 1889.
1.5 km · church in Pelsall, West Midlands · Wikipedia - 09St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Bloxwich
Bloxwich is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. It is located between the towns of Walsall, Cannock, Willenhall and Brownhills.
3.5 km · Roman Catholic church in Bloxwich, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church is the parish church of the town of Bloxwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands County of England. It is located to the south of the High Street, close to the junctionwith Elmore Green Road.
3.6 km · church building in Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shelfield
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 23 km · East Midlands (EMA), 48 km · Manchester (MAN), 84 km
- Stations
- Bloxwich railway station, 4 km · Brownhills Watling Street railway station, 3.9 km · Aldridge railway station, 2.8 km · Brownhills railway station, 3.6 km · Rushall (West Midlands) railway station, 1.7 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Shelfield66 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Shelfield98 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £11–15
- Liverpool → Shelfield112 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shelfield
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shelfield. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Shelfield – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Shelfield
Shelfield is 16 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Aldridgetown within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England2.7 km
- Brownhillstown in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England3.4 km
- Walsall Woodvillage in West Midlands, England, UK1.8 km
- Stonnallvillage in Staffordshire, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Rushallvillage in Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK900 m
- Shire Oaksettlement in Walsall, West Midlands, England2.7 km