Beechdale, West Midlands

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Beechdale
Suburb
Stephenson Avenue in Beechdale, Walsall
Beechdale Location within the West Midlands
OS grid reference	SJ992004
Metropolitan borough	Walsall
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WALSALL
Postcode district	WS2
Dialling code	01922
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Walsall and Bloxwich
List of places UK England West Midlands 52°36′04″N 2°00′31″W / 52.60111°N 2.00861°W / 52.60111; -2.00861

Beechdale, originally named Gypsy Lane Estate, is a housing estate in Walsall, in the county of the West Midlands, England, that was developed predominantly during the 1950s and 1960s.

Beechdale Infant School for 5-7 year olds opened on the estate in 1955 in Remington Road, followed by the 7-11 junior school in 1959. These schools later merged to form a single primary school and remained open until July 2006, being demolished in early 2007.

Hatherton Lane Primary School (which originally opened to infants in 1956 and juniors in 1960) is now the only primary school in the area.

Just to the north of the estate is Bloxwich Academy, which opened as Frank F. Harrison Community School in 1965.^[1]

Beechdale Football Club, the local football team, play and train on a football pitch within the estate. The team has had considerable success in recent years within its division. There are also popular pool, snooker and darts teams on the estate.^{[citation needed]}

Noddy Holder, the lead singer of Slade, grew up on the estate after moving there as a child from Caldmore; his parents were among the estate's original residents in the 1950s. Another famous former resident of the estate are Rob Halford of Judas Priest and Martin Degville of Sigue Sigue SputnikAuthor of the Alternative History Series Age of the Navigator, Montgomery Harris is also from the estate. His roots are reflected in the series' main character Dale Beechman. .^[2][3]

Trolleybuses once ran into the estate when it was originally called Gypsy Lane Estate. Currently all public transport services are provided by bus and operated by National Express West Midlands.^[4]