The Saddlers Centre is a shopping centre located in Walsall

Walsall

Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...

, West Midlands

West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

, United Kingdom

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The shopping centre takes its name from the towns saddle manufacturing heritage and is also known as the nickname for the towns football team Walsall FC.

The centre is spread over two floors with access to the top floor from Park Street, the towns main shopping area, while the lower floor is accessible from Bridge Street, next to Bradford Place Bus Station. The top floor of the complex is home to Walsall railway station

Walsall railway station

Walsall railway station is the principal railway station of Walsall, West Midlands, England and situated in the heart of the town. It is operated by London Midland, who run all of its train services...

. Also attached to the centre is a three storey car park.

It opened in April 1980 and was refurbished in 1989/90.http://www.localhistories.org/walsall.html

Shops

National chain shops within in the centre include:

• Early Learning Centre
  Early Learning Centre
  The Early Learning Centre is a British chain of shops selling toys for very young children.-History:Originally set up as a mail order company in 1974 and was always based near Swindon; by 1980 it had ten shops; and it has grown to include 215 shops in the UK and over 80 in 19 other countries such...
  
  
• Argos
  Argos
  Argos is a city and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. It is 11 kilometres from Nafplion, which was its historic harbour...
  
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• Marks & Spencers
• Clinton Cards
  Clinton Cards
  Clinton Cards is a chain of stores in the UK founded in 1968 by Don Lewin. Mostly selling greeting cards, as the name suggests, the chain claims to be "the largest specialist retailer of greetings cards, plush merchandise and related products in the UK with over 700 shops." They used to be...
  
  
• Poundland
  Poundland
  Poundland is a British-based variety store chain which sells every item in its stores for £1. Established in April 1990 by Dave Dodd and Stephen Smith, Poundland stock a variety of around 3,000 home and kitchen-ware, gifts, healthcare and other products, across 16 categories many of which are brand...
  
  
• Bodycare
• Littlewoods Clearance
• The Baker's Oven
• The Fragrance Shop
• Claire's Accessories
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
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• [cuba]
• [goldsmiths]
• [warren james]
• [platz jeans]

Other big named shops which were previously located within the centre included Mothercare

Mothercare

Mothercare plc is a British retailer which specialises in products for expectant mothers and in general merchandise for children up to 8 years old. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...

 & Index. Mothercare relocated to the Crown Wharf Retail park.