established private and council residential area in the west of the town close to the border with Bilston. Kings Hill: east of the town centre; a mixed residential area with an important British Asian population. Includes many types of housing as well as several factories and business units. Woods Bank: a predominantly interwar council housing area in the south of the town close to the border with Wednesbury. Bentley: the most northerly area in Darlaston which was mostly developed after 1945 but is now included in the Walsall postal district. Darlaston Green: Mixed residential and Industrial area, close to the border with Rough Hay and Bentley. Public transport Buses Buses which serve Darlaston Town Centre stop at Darlaston Town Bus Interchange. Services run to Lodge Farm, Bentley, Willenhall, The Lunt, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Moxley, Walsall, Pleck, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich, and are operated by National Express West Midlands and Diamond Bus. Additional services to Bilston, Ettingshall, Moxley, and Wednesbury briefly enter without calling at the main bus interchange. Canals The 7 Mile Walsall Canal runs through the town forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. Rail A new station for Darlaston is planned to open in 2023 which will connect Walsall to Wolverhampton running through Darlaston on the Walsall to Wolverhampton line. Darlaston railway station closed in 1887 and there is little evidence of its existence at the site, although the former trackbed is in use as a footpath. Darlaston James Bridge railway station closed in 1965 and there is little evidence of the existence at the site. Roads Since the early 1970s, the town centre has been by-passed by St Lawrence's Way, which runs between The Green and Bull Stake. No motorway runs through the town, but a section of the M6 between J9 and J10 may be considered to be in Darlaston. Trams Since 1999 there has been a West Midlands Metro stop at Bradley Lane in the Moxley area of the town. An initial plan was for the Metro to have a stop in Picturdrome Way using the old Darlaston railway line but this was abandoned. Recreation The town has a few small open spaces such as the playing fields at Broadwaters Road and three parks: Kings Hill Park, George Rose Park and Victoria Park. Sports clubs The town is represented in football by Darlaston Town (1874) FC who currently compete in the West Midlands (Regional) League. The