Why visit Codsall
Townapedia lists 7 museums and landmarks, 3 parks and trails and 14 places to eat in and around town.
Highlights include Boscobel House, Chillington Hall and Ledene Golf Centre.
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About Codsall
Codsall is a large village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is situated 5 miles northwest of Wolverhampton and 13 miles east-southeast of Telford. It forms part of the boundary of the Staffordshire-West Midlands County border, along with Perton, the village is almost contiguous with Wolverhampton with very small amounts of greenbelt still separating the two settlements.
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Museums and landmarks7
Boscobel House
Museum · 3.3 mi
Historic house museum in Shropshire, England, UK
Chillington Hall
Museum · 2.0 mi
Grade I listed historic house museum in South Staffordshire, England, UK
Wightwick Manor
Museum · 3.2 mi
Grade I listed historic house museum in the West Midlands, UK
Parks, trails and playgrounds3
Restaurants and cafes14
The Oaken Arms
Bar and pub · 1.3 mi
Holyhead Road
Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-22:00
The Bentlands
Bar and pub · 0.6 mi
38 Suckling Green Lane, South Staffordshire
Mo-Su 12:00-23:00
2 more on the map.
Churches and places of worship8
Church of St Mary and St Chad
Church · 3.4 mi
Church in South Staffordshire, England, UK
Roman Catholic Church of St Mary
Church · 3.4 mi
Church building in Brewood and Coven, South Staffordshire, England, UK
St Nicholas' Church, Codsall
Church
Church in Codsall, South Staffordshire, England, UK
Trinity Methodist Church Codsall
Church · Methodist · 0.4 mi
1 Histons Hill, Codsall
History
In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded six people in Codsall. They were probably the heads of households so the population would have been a little larger. Toponymists have the name Codsall coming from the old English 'Cod's Halh' – meaning a nook of land belonging to a man named Cod (Cod being an early English personal name, possibly in shortened form). The Church of St. Nicholas is the oldest building. It has a Norman doorway thought to date from the 11th century. Since medieval times, the area around the church, on the top of the hill, was the hub of the village with a windmill, village pond, forge, bakery and public house. The administration of the village would have been conducted from the church through the decisions of the vestry. Agriculture was the mainstay of the village and even now the strip-field system of cultivation can be seen to the west and north-east of St Nicholas' church.
Church Street, now called Church Road, lies between the road junction and the church. There was a significant change after Codsall railway station, on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, opened in 1849. The station became the commercial hub of the village with a goods yard, coal yard and cattle pens. Development took place along Station Road and beyond with some substantial properties being built to accommodate wealthy businessmen from Wolverhampton and the Black Country.
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Gradually the focus of activity changed from the area around the church and the station to the crossroads or 'Square'. Emphasis on the Square was increased after 1900 when Baker's Nurseries expanded on the site of Old Hall Farm in Church Street. The growth of public transport, with a terminus for buses to Wolverhampton in the Square, the coming of electricity and the digging of the deep sewer all in the 1920s, helped to change the function of the village from an agricultural centre into a dormitory for Wolverhampton. This has been reflected in the development of several housing estates, new schools and improved roads.
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Education
Codsall Community High School opened in 1940 as the only secondary school in the area, starting as a secondary modern school before becoming Codsall Comprehensive School in 1969. By this stage it provided education for pupils aged 11–18, but a reorganisation of education in the area saw a name change and most notably a change in the age range, with the school now serving pupils aged 13–18. and it has three feeder middle schools; Codsall Middle School, Bilbrook Middle School and Perton Middle School, all of which serve the 9-13 age range. This reorganisation came when Perton was first being developed for housing during the 1970s, and the school has continued to serve the Perton community after plans to build a secondary school in Perton during the 1970s never materialised.
There are also three first schools for pupils aged 5–9; Lane Green First School, St. Nicholas' C of E and Birches First School. St Christopher's Roman Catholic Primary School is the only primary school in the area.
Codsall Community High School was judged to be good by Ofsted in November 2013.
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Notable people from Codsall
William RegalBritish professional wrestlerPhoto: Carter Sterling, CC BY-SA 2.0
Charles WheelerEnglish sculptor (1892-1974)Photo: Adrian Pingstone, Public domain- Eric CutlerEnglish footballer
- George FarwellEnglish judge
Born in Codsall, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Shopping2
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries7
St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy
School · Roman Catholic · 0.7 mi
Wolverhampton Road, Wolverhampton
Healthcare1
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Getting there and nearby towns
Birmingham Airport (BHX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 22 miles away.
- Wolverhampton 5 mi southeast, about 7 min by car
- Wombourne 7 mi south, about 11 min by car
- Great Wyrley 8 mi east, about 13 min by car
- Wednesbury 9 mi southeast, about 15 min by car
- Kingswinford 9 mi south, about 15 min by car
- Walsall 10 mi east, about 16 min by car
- Dudley 10 mi southeast, about 17 min by car
- Pelsall 10 mi east, about 16 min by car
- Telford 11 mi west, about 18 min by car
- West Bromwich 12 mi southeast, about 19 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Photo credits
- Codsall Railway Station, June 25, MrAlfsBush, CC0
- Codsall Railway Station Bridge, John M, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Chillington Hall (2), Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wightwick Manor 2016 139, Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0
- Brewood CE Church, Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Brewood and Coven - Roman Catholic Church of St Mary - 20230826095407, Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- TFW 158 Approaches CSL, MrAlfsBush, CC0
- Boscobel House, Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Leper Well, Gunstone, Staffordshire, MagicRubberDuck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, edloach, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, tallguy, CC BY-SA 4.0
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