Bilston

Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England. It is in the , 2.5 miles south east of Wolverhampton city centre and close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall.
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  • Type: Town with 5,000 residents
  • Description: town in the English county of West Midlands
  • Also known as: Bilston, Staffordshire” and “Bilston, West Midlands

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bilston Town Hall and Bilston Craft Gallery.

Town hall
is a municipal facility in Church Street, Bilston, , England. It is a Grade II listed building.

Museum
is the largest dedicated craft venue in the , located at Mount Pleasant, Bilston, near Bilston town centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willenhall and All Saints.

Town
is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the county of , England. At the 2021 Census the town had a population of 49,587. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Bilston.

Quarter
is an inner city area of , , . It is situated immediately to the south-east of the city centre, in the city council's Ettingshall ward. is situated 1½ miles west of Bilston.

Suburb
is a village near in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, , England. It was first developed during the early part of the 19th century when a handful of terraced houses were built to accommodate locals working in factories and mines and the area was created in 1845 out of land from , Bilston and . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bilston.

Bilston

Latitude
52.57002° or 52° 34′ 12″ north
Longitude
-2.08223° or 2° 4′ 56″ west
Population
5,000
Elevation
472 feet (144 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BIS
Open location code
9C4VHWC9+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27457949
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2655654
Wiki­data ID
Q1015967
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bilston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيلستون
  • Asturian: Bilston
  • Basque: Bilston
  • Bulgarian: Билстон
  • Cebuano: Bilston
  • Chinese: 比尔斯通
  • Chinese: 比爾斯通
  • Dutch: Bilston
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيلستين
  • French: Bilston
  • German: Bilston
  • Greek: Μπίλστον
  • Hebrew: בילסטון
  • Irish: Bilston
  • Italian: Bilston
  • Japanese: ビルストン
  • Ladin: Bilston
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bilston
  • Persian: بیلستون
  • Polish: Bilston
  • Romanian: Bilston
  • South Azerbaijani: بیلستون
  • Spanish: Bilston
  • Swedish: Bilston
  • Welsh: Bilston

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