people’s hopes for their future income and job prospects are not very positive ... Bloxwich remains a challenging town in terms of quality of life, and its economic prospects". Districts Beechdale Blakenall Heath Dudley Fields Goscote Harden Leamore Little Bloxwich Lower Farm Estate Mossley Turnberry Estate Wallington Heath Education Primary schools Sunshine Infant School Blakenall Heath Junior School Bloxwich Academy Harden Primary School Leamore Primary School Busill Jones Primary School Mossley Primary School Little Bloxwich Church of England Primary School Elmore Green Primary School St Peter's Catholic Primary School Lower Farm Primary School Abbey Primary School All Saints National Academy (Formerly Bloxwich CofE Primary School) Secondary schools Bloxwich Academy Walsall Academy Defunct schools Black Country University Technical College Forest Comprehensive School Sneyd Comprehensive School T. P. Riley Comprehensive School Transport Bloxwich is well-served by public transport and has two railway stations, Bloxwich and Bloxwich North. Regular buses link Bloxwich with Walsall, whilst others link the area to the surrounding towns and cities of Wolverhampton, Bilston, Willenhall, Brownhills, Wednesfield, Cannock and Birmingham. Other local services serve nearby estates of Coalpool, Harden, Mossley, Lower Farm, Goscote, Leamore, Beechdale, Dudley Fields, Landywood, Great Wyrley, Huntington and Pelsall. The main operator of bus services in the area is National Express West Midlands, but D&G Bus (formerly Arriva Midlands) and Diamond Bus also operate on routes in the area. Notable bus routes include: 9 Walsall - Pelsall - Bloxwich - Wolverhampton 31 Walsall – Mossley 32 Walsall – Lower Farm X51 Birmingham - Cannock Roadwise, the A34, Southampton/Oxford/Manchester road, goes straight through the town and forms its High Street. Most shops are based on this linear development. The A4124 Wolverhampton to Brownhills road crosses to the north of the town. Bloxwich is four miles from the M6 motorway between junctions 10 and 11. Notable residents Pat Collins (1859–1943), showman and Liberal politician Tom Major-Ball (1879–1962), music hall performer and father of former Prime Minister John Major. Harold Parry (1896–1917), World War I poet Maurice Wiggin (1912–1986), journalist and author Phil Drabble (1914–2007), author and television presenter Arthur Tolcher (1922–1987), virtuoso British harmonica player and child star Neville "Noddy" Holder. MBE. (born 15 June 1946) Born in the Caldmore area of Walsall Noddy and his family moved to the Beechdale Estate. Former lead singer with the rock group Slade. Rob Halford (born 1951), lead singer of seminal heavy metal band Judas Priest, who still owns a