Bilston

Bilston
Top: Bilston Market entrance. Lower: St Leonard's Church, Town Hall
Bilston Location within the West Midlands
Population	25,576 (2011.Wards)[1][2]
OS grid reference	SO951964
Metropolitan borough	Wolverhampton
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Bradley (Village) Ettingshall (Part) Lanesfield The Lunt Woodcross
Post town	BILSTON
Postcode district	WV14
Dialling code	01902
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Wolverhampton South East
List of places UK England West Midlands 52°33′58″N 2°04′23″W / 52.566°N 2.073°W / 52.566; -2.073

Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) south east of Wolverhampton city centre and close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The town was known for enamalling from the mid-17th century, and is a former coal and iron mining district. Iron works dominated in Victorian times and the area became a centre for steel production. The town had a population of 34,639 at the 2021 Census.