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52°37′22″N2°00′13″W / 52.622777°N 2.003524°W / 52.622777; -2.003524

Wallington Heath [1] is an area of Bloxwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands county of England. It lies north of Bloxwich town centre on the A34 road to Cannock [2] and is bounded by Little Bloxwich, Lower Farm Estate, Mossley and Turnberry Estate. [3]

It was described in 1856 as a hamlet in the township of Bloxwich. [4] The area of Wallington Heath was amongst the land enclosed by Bloxwich Town Council in 1888 for recreational use, under an agreement drawn up with Lord Bradford and his trustees. [5]

The area is served by the National Express West Midlands X51 bus route [6] between Cannock, Walsall and Birmingham, and there are bus services to Wolverhampton and Kingstanding. [7]

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